There are two 14mm nuts on captive bolts holding the front part of my
exhaust to the centre part. One I undid with stilsons after trying every
other tool I have, but the other is rounding off nicely. There's not much
room for a hacksaw and the stilsons are working the wrong way round IYSWIM.

ISTR a socket which tightens onto the nut/bolt just like stilsons so a) Do
they work? b) What are they called?

Si

On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:45:51 -0000, Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot
wrote:

There are two 14mm nuts on captive bolts holding the front part of my
exhaust to the centre part. One I undid with stilsons after trying every
other tool I have, but the other is rounding off nicely. There's not much
room for a hacksaw and the stilsons are working the wrong way round
IYSWIM.

ISTR a socket which tightens onto the nut/bolt just like stilsons so a)
Do
they work? b) What are they called?

Si



Theres inside out thread extractors, Irwin boltgrips
http://www.screwfix.com/prods/96028/...BMRKCSTHZOSFFQ

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Duncan Wood

In article ,
Mungo \Two Sheds\ Toadfoot wrote:
There are two 14mm nuts on captive bolts holding the front part of my
exhaust to the centre part. One I undid with stilsons after trying every
other tool I have, but the other is rounding off nicely. There's not
much room for a hacksaw and the stilsons are working the wrong way
round IYSWIM.

ISTR a socket which tightens onto the nut/bolt just like stilsons so a)
Do they work? b) What are they called?

If you're thinking of those with the spring loaded rods to fit any size
nut, they're not much use on a tight one.

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"Duncan Wood" wrote in message
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On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:45:51 -0000, Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot
wrote:

There are two 14mm nuts on captive bolts holding the front part of my
exhaust to the centre part. One I undid with stilsons after trying every
other tool I have, but the other is rounding off nicely. There's not much
room for a hacksaw and the stilsons are working the wrong way round
IYSWIM.

ISTR a socket which tightens onto the nut/bolt just like stilsons so a)
Do
they work? b) What are they called?

Si



Theres inside out thread extractors, Irwin boltgrips
http://www.screwfix.com/prods/96028/...BMRKCSTHZOSFFQ


That looks like it'll do the job. Thanks, Duncan.

Si

Duncan Wood wrote:
On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:45:51 -0000, Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot
wrote:

There are two 14mm nuts on captive bolts holding the front part of my
exhaust to the centre part. One I undid with stilsons after trying every
other tool I have, but the other is rounding off nicely. There's not much
room for a hacksaw and the stilsons are working the wrong way round
IYSWIM.

ISTR a socket which tightens onto the nut/bolt just like stilsons so
a) Do
they work? b) What are they called?

Si



Theres inside out thread extractors, Irwin boltgrips
http://www.screwfix.com/prods/96028/...BMRKCSTHZOSFFQ


And yes they work, very cool.

Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot brought next idea :
There are two 14mm nuts on captive bolts holding the front part of my exhaust
to the centre part. One I undid with stilsons after trying every other tool I
have, but the other is rounding off nicely. There's not much room for a
hacksaw and the stilsons are working the wrong way round IYSWIM.

ISTR a socket which tightens onto the nut/bolt just like stilsons so a) Do
they work? b) What are they called?

Si

Angle grinder and then replace the captive bolt by drilling it out.

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Harry (M1BYT) (L)
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On Mar 9, 2:45*pm, "Mungo \"Two Sheds\" Toadfoot"
wrote:
. One I undid with stilsons after trying every
other tool I have, but the other is rounding off nicely. There's not much
room for a hacksaw and the stilsons are working the wrong way round IYSWIM.

ISTR a socket which tightens onto the nut/bolt just like stilsons so a) Do
they work? b) What are they called?

If you have a Dremel, you could try a cutting disc to cut a new pair
of flats at a suitable angle for an open-ended spanner.

On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:55:07 -0000, Dave Plowman (News)
wrote:

In article ,
Mungo \Two Sheds\ Toadfoot wrote:
There are two 14mm nuts on captive bolts holding the front part of my
exhaust to the centre part. One I undid with stilsons after trying every
other tool I have, but the other is rounding off nicely. There's not
much room for a hacksaw and the stilsons are working the wrong way
round IYSWIM.

ISTR a socket which tightens onto the nut/bolt just like stilsons so a)
Do they work? b) What are they called?

If you're thinking of those with the spring loaded rods to fit any size
nut, they're not much use on a tight one.


Handy for bolts with square heads though.

--
Duncan Wood

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Mungo \Two Sheds\ Toadfoot wrote:
There are two 14mm nuts on captive bolts holding the front part of my
exhaust to the centre part. One I undid with stilsons after trying
every other tool I have, but the other is rounding off nicely.
There's not much room for a hacksaw and the stilsons are working the
wrong way round IYSWIM.

ISTR a socket which tightens onto the nut/bolt just like stilsons so
a) Do they work? b) What are they called?

If you're thinking of those with the spring loaded rods to fit any
size nut, they're not much use on a tight one.

the ones he needs have a sort of coarse reverse thread inside. I have a set
but have never actually used them! 99.9 per cent of bolts and nuts can be
undone using either good sockets/spanners or mole grips, sometimes with the
persuasion of heat ! the remaining 0.1 succumb to breaking off
/grinding/chiseling/drilling as needed.