It helps if you have the right tools!

Post by **Sidney'61** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 8:12 pm

Grrr...
Had a crossthreaded bolt on my rear wing that simply wouldn't undo.
just spent 4 hours sawing it off with a tiny swiss army knife metal saw.
...I think I've now got RSI in my arm!

Post by **bmcecosse** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 8:13 pm

A credit to Victorinox!

Post by **Kevin** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:20 pm

Well Andy 10 out of 10 for effort and endurance I don't know if I could have managed that.

Post by **leyther8008** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:29 am

Father christmas brought me one of those 'Dremel' type tools, I didnt think it would be up to grinding a bolt head off but three mini grinding/sanding rolls later it worked!

Post by **Orkney** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:46 am

A really handy thing is a flevidrive for a normal drill.
Great for drilling odd places, but also using small rotary wire brushes.
Its possible to make a mini but very effective grinder cutter too from the worn remains of a 4" wheel and a nice flat headed roofing bolt nut & washer. No guard obviously but dead handy for the odd job

Post by **RogerRust** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 10:33 am

I pulled the wing piping off and then VERY carefully cut the bolt with a 1mm disc in the angle grinder.

Then wrenched the whole dam thing out and repaired it afterwards.

Post by **dave1949** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:46 pm

I pulled the wing piping off and then VERY carefully cut the bolt

Then wrenched the whole dam thing out and repaired it afterwards

Roger,at what point did you loose the careful bit?