Removing seized shackle bolts?
Hello All, Looking for recommendations. I purchased the MorRyde CRE3000 with wet bolt / shackle kit. Jacked the camper up and the axels up, pulled the wheels, and did not get past the first shack...
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Cummins12V98 wrote:
Your comments didn’t sound like a HF endorsement to me.
I had 3 sizes of angle grinders on my tool truck. But when the city got on my donkey about that truck in driveway, I started to leave it in the garage at the lot where I parked my equipment. (Old gas station) For my hobby use at home, I bought the HF tool. A little grease made it work for that use.
The OP has lived, bet at least 3-4 decades, and never had need of the angle grinder. Needs to cut what a dozen bolts? Why spend the money for a higher quality tool that will likely be used for a hour, the lay around forever?
The last 20 years I worked I bought a lot of HF tools. If I needed the same tool to wear it out, and it saved enough effort I would buy better tools. (Example; 3/4 drive socket set. Snap-on ratchet, Craftsman breaker bar, and S-K impact sockets for most used sizes.)
Lynnmor wrote:
Since he apparently destroyed the knurling in the shackles with the impact wrench, my thought is that using power tools is not the smarter thing to do. A little hard work builds character.
Did the power tool destroy, or the fact he turned the bolt?
IMHO, it was his lack of understanding of how nut/bolt should be works. To loosen or tighten the fastener, turn the nut. To get it off on, does not matter as much.
