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Re: How do you guys avoid breaking old bolts off? Grigg #730297 03/16/2011 12:54 AM
Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 Vancouver Island S squeeze Cruising in the Passing Lane
squeeze Cruising in the Passing Lane S Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 Vancouver Island	something I always do with old fasteners is give them a slap tighter first, best way to break the corrosion free Bill Moved over to the Passing Lane "When we tug a single thing in nature we find it attached to the rest of the world" John Muir "When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" me Some TF series details & TF heater pics & Rust-a-holics Unanimous parking lot

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How do you guys avoid breaking old bolts off?	svwilbur	03/15/2011 6:48 PM
Re: How do you guys avoid breaking old bolts off?	carbking	03/15/2011 7:19 PM
Re: How do you guys avoid breaking old bolts off?	Grigg	03/15/2011 7:45 PM
Re: How do you guys avoid breaking old bolts off?	svwilbur	03/15/2011 8:45 PM
Re: How do you guys avoid breaking old bolts off?	Grigg	03/16/2011 12:49 AM
Re: How do you guys avoid breaking old bolts off?	squeeze	03/16/2011 12:54 AM
Re: How do you guys avoid breaking old bolts off?	54Belair	04/06/2011 2:40 PM
Re: How do you guys avoid breaking old bolts off?	diseasel	04/06/2011 3:24 PM
Re: How do you guys avoid breaking old bolts off?	51 ashton	03/16/2011 1:44 AM
Re: How do you guys avoid breaking old bolts off?	Achipmunk	03/16/2011 2:43 AM
Re: How do you guys avoid breaking old bolts off?	crenwelge	03/16/2011 6:13 AM
Re: How do you guys avoid breaking old bolts off?	Hot Rod Dad	03/17/2011 12:02 AM
Re: How do you guys avoid breaking old bolts off?	Hotrod Lincoln	03/17/2011 1:36 AM
Re: How do you guys avoid breaking old bolts off?	opey	04/04/2011 2:40 AM
Re: How do you guys avoid breaking old bolts off?	RAC1812	03/15/2011 8:50 PM
Re: How do you guys avoid breaking old bolts off?	svwilbur	03/15/2011 9:23 PM
Re: How do you guys avoid breaking old bolts off?	51 ashton	03/16/2011 12:12 AM
Re: How do you guys avoid breaking old bolts off?	Hotrod Lincoln	03/15/2011 8:42 PM
Re: How do you guys avoid breaking old bolts off?	leitmotif	03/15/2011 8:48 PM

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