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[Runner 68]

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Couldn't have happened to a better car.

 

[Photon440]

Should have happened to an import.

 

[Runner 68]

Should have happened to an import.

Aren't all cars imports to you Photon?

 

[Johnpat]

Wrench's should have warning label stating
( Pull to operate,No Pushing)serious injury
may be caused!

 

[Photon440]

Aren't all cars imports to you Photon?

Well, the Dodge Challengers are made in my country...

 

[ws23jrt]

 

[Pops1967GTX]

Hmmmm​

 

[Cornpatch MO]

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Hmmmm​

Maybe left hand threads? .................................MO

 

[Photon440]

this 5,000 lbs/ft wrench would have done the job.
https://www.zoro.com/ingersoll-rand...MI_LO81o2M1gIVCxtpCh3N6Q9MEAQYDCABEgIXqPD_BwE

 

[ws23jrt]

 

[khryslerkid]

Anyone try one of these? I've been seeing the guys on the car fabrication shows useing them lately.

https://www.harborfreight.com/3-in-High-Speed-Extended-Reach-Air-Cutoff-Tool-67996.html

 

[Ironbuilt]

Those particular ones are Grey Pneumatic. See them on Amazon, Ebay ect. $150 for the set. I don't know how good they are. I bought a set of MACs 20 plus years ago and have never broke one yet.

I have those Grey Pneumatic swivel sockets and I couldn't be happier. I bought them as a back-up to my old snap-on sets and I actually like them better.

 

[kiwigtx]

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Hmmmm​

This is why scaffold poles were invented.

 

[Pops1967GTX]

 

[Pops1967GTX]

 

[coronet68mx]

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I have done that ...

 

[Pops1967GTX]

A useful tool​

 

[Photon440]

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In this case it looks like 14mm + a dime so who knows what size the bolt is.

 

[ws23jrt]

In this case it looks like 14mm + a dime so who knows what size the bolt is.

I like that question. -"Bolt size" is typically about the thread size. -The bolt head size can vary.
Also, the wrench to bolt- head size clearance- can vary with generous tolerance used in making wrenches. And bolt heads do not keep their crisp size and shape until one needs it the most.

So--here comes the "adjustable wrench". The wrench that has seen much hate posted about it but still fills the bill.
Let the chat about knuckle-busting resume.

 

[Photon440]

I like that question. -"Bolt size" is typically about the thread size. -The bolt head size can vary.
Also, the wrench to bolt- head size clearance- can vary with generous tolerance used in making wrenches. And bolt heads do not keep their crisp size and shape until one needs it the most.

So--here comes the "adjustable wrench". The wrench that has seen much hate posted about it but still fills the bill.
Let the



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Oh, I know about head sizes. On the railroad, a typical 5/8 bolt used a 15/16 wrench. But sometimes when taking apart an old freight car we'd have to go looking for a 1" wrench for the same threads. It was more fun when the nut was one size and the bolt head another.