Re: crack open a rusted nut with an impact wrench, from one tank of air?

Good approach. I find that with a bit of thought it's almost always possible
to
get a puchase on difficult nuts/bolts with a much longer bar/pipe
extension/plant kit (borrowed).
Then, nuts of any description are not difficult to source and it sounds like
this one is shot-at anyway. Why not just use a nut-splitter? They work with
hardly any torque at all and they cost next to nothing. If the thing is
siezed solid it would be better to make sure the stud didn't break off by
applying too much force.

"Peterthinking" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> make a "T" bar out of one inch square stock and put or weld a socket on
the
> end. if the top of the "T" is 4 feet long you could probably twist
anything
> off. especially if you have one man on each side.
>
> if you're worried about splitting the nut press it into a piece of heavy
> walled gas pipe.
>
> you could take the treads off a 60 year old tank with something like that.
>
> failing that...look at the nut...does it have a line cut around it?,could
be
> left hand thread.You may be tightening it.
>
> Peter
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > "Leo Lichtman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > This is the scenario I picture:  You hook up the impact wrench to the
> > > pressure tank, carefully calculated to just do the job.  The rusted
nut
> > > is slightly more stubborn than you thought it would be.  The strength
of
> > > the impact wrench decreases steadily as the pressure drops to zero,
and
> > > there you are with fifty pounds of useless tools.  Why not carry a
> socket
> > > wrench on a breaker bar, and a "persuader" (piece of pipe)?  Give me
> > > enough pipe and I can move the world.
> >
> > Well, unless you split the socket and/or round off the nut :)
> >
> > --
> > Joe Bramblett, KD5NRH
>
>