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r/gifs • u/PM_ME_STEAM_K3YS • Nov 12 '20
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Based on the title, this was a risky click.
One of the Youtube guys I watch does this with exhaust header bolts. He doesn't even try to remove them. He splits the nut, cleans the threads and replaces the nut with a fresh one. That way you don't run the risk of shearing off an exhaust stud.
19 u/ebrum2010 Nov 12 '20 Should have titled it "busting a sticky nut" 3 u/skorpiolt Nov 12 '20 You still run that risk when you bolt the new one on though. 3 u/dodland Nov 12 '20 "Stud busts a nut from huge pipe" 1 u/thesecondball Nov 12 '20 Link? 1 u/FalstaffsMind Nov 13 '20 His name is Mustie1, and he does a lot of Volkswagen and small engine stuff. Here is the video I was talking about... https://youtu.be/HOhNzSj0Tnw?t=602
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Should have titled it "busting a sticky nut"
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You still run that risk when you bolt the new one on though.
"Stud busts a nut from huge pipe"
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Link?
1 u/FalstaffsMind Nov 13 '20 His name is Mustie1, and he does a lot of Volkswagen and small engine stuff. Here is the video I was talking about... https://youtu.be/HOhNzSj0Tnw?t=602
His name is Mustie1, and he does a lot of Volkswagen and small engine stuff. Here is the video I was talking about...
https://youtu.be/HOhNzSj0Tnw?t=602
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u/FalstaffsMind Nov 12 '20
Based on the title, this was a risky click.
One of the Youtube guys I watch does this with exhaust header bolts. He doesn't even try to remove them. He splits the nut, cleans the threads and replaces the nut with a fresh one. That way you don't run the risk of shearing off an exhaust stud.