Can’t get my nuts off!

[750Y]

Help! I have a nut that I can’t get off. A 14mm is the right size but the nut has become partly burred from me trying to get it off with a ring spanner. A 9/16 is too large & a 1/2 is too small.
Do I need a 17/32? Is there such a thing? Any tips welcome. I tried CRC already… it is driving me mad 8-(

[White trash]

Get a 13mm socket you no longer like.

Hammer the fucker onto the nut.

Remove said nut.

Place in right hand.

Throw the infuriating fucken thing as far as you can.

[Ixion]

Help! I have a nut that I can’t get off. A 14mm is the right size but the nut has become partly burred from me trying to get it off with a ring spanner. A 9/16 is too large & a 1/2 is too small.
Do I need a 17/32? Is there such a thing? Any tips welcome. I tried CRC already… it is driving me mad 8-(

There is such a thing as a 17/32. If you can find one.

But it will probably not fit a metric thread anyway

Most important tool in the mechanics toolbox A BLOODY BIG HAMMER

Most important word in the mechanics dictionary JUDICIOUS

[Waylander]

OR... If you can reach it with a set of vice grips use them to crack it then should be able to use your 14 on it to get it the rest of the way.

[2_SL0]

Try usng a single hex socket. If no luck give me a yell.

[sels1]

I tried CRC already… -(

I use "PB B'laster" penetrating magnetic lubricant. More effective than CRC, just spray on and wait....its bloody magic!

[inlinefour]

can you get a set of vice grips onto the nut? Another thing you can do is make a groove on the nut with a screw driver abd hammer and slowly work the nut loose. Its how I was taught, but it means that it'll stuff the nut and a replacement will be required. However if the nuts/bolts are dodgey replacing them can be a good thing

[bugjuice]

chisle the side of the nut off to split it..??
have you tried a spanner?
irish screw driver?

[Ixion]

Um. Seriously, if you cant risk loosening it with the BLOODY HEAVY HAMMER, try hiring a rattle gun . They'll shift almost anything.

[ManDownUnder]

Get a 13mm socket you no longer like.

Hammer the fucker onto the nut.

Remove said nut.

Place in right hand.

Throw the infuriating fucken thing as far as you can.

my GOD I'm glad you don't work in the medical sector...

I'd suggest retreiving said nut (and forceably introduced socket) and taking it to a HW shop to find a replacement...

Cheaper than the replacement part
MDU

[ManDownUnder]

Um. Seriously, if you cant risk loosening it with the BLOODY HEAVY HAMMER, try hiring a rattle gun . They'll shift almost anything.

Great idea - and not trying to hijack the thread - use plenty of lubricant or you'll rattle the thread off that thing as soon as it starts to gall

[Skunk]

Try a nut splitter or heat it on one side with an gas axe.

[sparrow_34]

Heating the little fucker with a gas torch can help.

[bear]

chisle the side of the nut off to split it..??
have you tried a spanner?
irish screw driver?

Or use a grinder to make new edges and get a spanner on there, or vice grips and a mallet

[inlinefour]

Put a groove in the side of the nut so the screw driver will stay there. Then tap the screw driver with the hammer to help crack the nut. Then its easy to remove it. Apparently some people here have not had to get truely awkeward things loose?