This is a tip for loosening a frozen bolt that has no clearance to whack with a hammer or put a 6 foot snipe on. You may need to pull out this hack once or twice a lifetime, but it doesn't cost anything to file away for later. Actually, there's a number of tips in this vid:
1. Nasty job? Try to get somebody else to do it.
2. Mod an air hammer bit so it engages on the side of a wrench.
3. Check if bolts are re-useable by running a nut up the whole length of the threads. If it does, the bolt isn't stretched.
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15 thoughts on “Dirty trick for seized bolts in nasty spots”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars John Landry says:

    Add oil to your hammer!

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars G5 says:

    A pickle fork tool is easily modified to do this, too, but it's often not compact enough and this approach will work better.

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Captain says:

    My air hammer was doing that. Turned out the body of the hammer needed to be tightened.

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars tommygun32917 says:

    What???????? Lol

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars carpballet says:

    So howโ€™d you get the bolt out of the nasty spot?

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mark K says:

    That was the MOST uninformative Tube vid I believe I've ever seen and I've seen some pretty uninformative vids on here… WTF did he show/prove??? If you can't get a wrench into the space you sure as f**k won't get an air hammer in there!!!

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars YOURDAD'SDILDO says:

    Damn, I'd almost forgot about all the phillipino dwarfs I worked with ๐Ÿ˜‚ those guys are machines, the never call in sick, lots of respect

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars ล›ka says:

    In Poland mamy klucze udarowe.

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars goldboro1 says:

    That was slick. Thanks for the tip!

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars David Lobaugh says:

    Is he trolling us?

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Michael Grant says:

    Your my friggin hero

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Ahmed J. Magdoul says:

    Noice, I just had an idea. I don't have this heavy duty impact thingy, but I do have a massage gun ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ Will defo give a try on my stripped wheel bearing bolt tmr

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jim AE says:

    You go to Harbor Freight and buy the cheap wrenches… which you in turn bend and grind into shape in order to get at these impossible fasteners.

  14. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Tolitz E says:

    Hey. I was that 80 lb. Filipino buddy and was always sent inside the tight boiler water drum to unbolt the de-super heater. Those were the old Navy steamer life days. Thanks for the laugh AvE! ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜‚

  15. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars gb342002 says:

    Its sad that cause he swore early in this video youtube probably demonetized it

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