

| Subject: | Re: Stuck bolt |
| From: | Charles D Earl |
| Date: | Sun, 6 Jul 1997 13:29:08 -0700 (PDT) |
Soak it with penetrating oil (many listees have said that "Kroil" works real well). Without damaging the bolt head, give it a hard tap with a hammer (I use the round head of a ballpeen hammer). This sometimes breaks the corrosion bond. Try again. Soak and repeat several times, if still no, try a piece of pipe or breaker bar. Be careful, you might crank the head right off the bolt. I would soak it for a few days before giving up. Good luck, Charles '83.5 Westy '69 280 SE (back from the grave) On Sun, 6 Jul 1997 RubatoGuy@aol.com wrote: > In checking out my '88 Westy, I decided to take a look at the spare, > Unfortunately the 19mm bolt that hold the tray that the spare rests on does > not want to come off. Any clever ideas? I was thinking of just finding a > garage with an air wrench that I could talk a mechanic to applying to the > bolt. >
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