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Old Sep 11, 2012 | 06:08 AM
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Default How do I undo these bolts?

Has anyone seen these before? I'm new to this.



The bolt head:







And the nut:







Surely someone here would know.
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Old Sep 11, 2012 | 06:11 AM
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Righty tighty, lefty loosey.













Looks like you'll need some kind of special socket
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Old Sep 11, 2012 | 08:22 AM
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[quote name='OTECTom' timestamp='1347365460' post='668234']

Righty tighty, lefty loosey.



OTECTom we all thought it .. I ran into something Like that a while back Just got one of my old rusted sockets ground the bevel off and ground the side thin enough to get in. That's assuming there not real tight may crack your socket if its torqued down pretty good but that's why you use a old one or get a cheap new one
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Old Sep 11, 2012 | 08:44 AM
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thin walled socket











speaking of righty tighty.....is it backwards in austrailia?
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Old Sep 11, 2012 | 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by faithofadragon
speaking of righty tighty.....is it backwards in austrailia?


I would assume so...
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Old Sep 11, 2012 | 07:48 PM
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but it's upside-down too so it works the same
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Old Sep 11, 2012 | 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Stocker
but it's upside-down too so it works the same


Mind = Blown
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Old Sep 11, 2012 | 09:54 PM
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Old Sep 12, 2012 | 05:00 AM
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I found my old nut cracker in my toolbox.







I'll give it a whirl tonight because I don't want to drive 30 miles to get my bloody dremel. Cheers for the suggestions lads.
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Old Sep 12, 2012 | 09:01 AM
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lots of lol in this thread.
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