How To Remove This F****ng Bolt ?

[Plattsy]

angle grinder/oxy torch/napalm.

[Ben C34]

Try rotating the car instead of the nut.

[GTSBoy]

Surely there's a way to harness the rotation of the Earth?

[Ben C34]

Is the car pointing North?

[warps]

Oh, and NEVER use a ratchet to apply lots of force. They are not made for it.

Pffft bitch please. My 25 year old Sidchrome socket set says otherwise (I've never met a bolt it couldn't undo - sometimes with big pipe on the end of it)

I've seen some godawful things done to snap-on ratchets and socket sets too. Decent quality ratchets can handle a massive amount of abuse.

But to answer the OP's question, a decent rattle gun should make light work of it.

[Ben C34]

What about op's crusty ratchet? That would be something that you wouldn't put a bar on!

[GTSBoy]

Pffft bitch please. My 25 year old Sidchrome socket set says otherwise (I've never met a bolt it couldn't undo - sometimes with big pipe on the end of it)

Just because you do it doesn't make it right. That sort of task is why breaker bars exist.

[Hadouken]

Meh. I do it as well. 1 meter pole off my ratchets ain't nothing but a g thing.

And mine aren't even sidchrome. 1 is repco and the other is some American something something ratchet.

Are yours calibre maybe?

Op have you gotten this sorted yet?

[GTSBoy]

I just don't know why you'd do it to your ratchet when the breaker bar is sitting right there next to it.

[Hadouken]

Coz cbf. Crack bolt/nut then pull off the pole and continue ratcheting. Its efficient.

Besides Its weird. If I do you use my breaker bar I see so much flex in it. Its a kinchrome one.

[warps]

Hmmm better tell the guys at work to stop using the 900ft lb ratchet torque wrench, then.

Besides, the breaker bar was only a very recent addition to my kit. Have used it a few times, and definitely more comfortable wailing on that with a big pipe. As I said, a decent ratchet will handle anything you can throw at it without using an extension, and I have seen plenty of people using pipes on ratchet handles without any failures (tbh I've never used a cheapo ratchet, so can't comment).

Me doing something doesn't make it right, but having seen something done plenty of times gives you a feel for what they will handle.

I definitely wouldn't be loading up the fine splines in my ratchet ring spanners, though.

Edited October 3, 2014 by warps

[XKLABA]

You guys would cry if you saw what I do to my Strap On ratchets, I snapped the head off my Kingchrome breaker bar by hand but never broken a ratchet, even with a 2m pipe hangin off it undoing the wheel nuts off my truck cause the shite Milwakee 3/4 rattle gun just won't quite cut it

[Hadouken]

Tldr: ratchets rock

[re34perGTT]

I ended up getting a 70 cm breaker bar (biggest I could find at super cheap) and it took me pushing from the bottom and a mate pulling from the top to get the bastard loose. Honestly felt like the f**ker was welded on. Cheers for the help guys and the great comments !!

[DN14]

impact wrench is a very useful tool

[Yeedogga]

Get the car up as high as possible. Use ramps if you can for more stability than jack stands.

Use some decent 6 side impact sockets (not 12 point ones that are more likely to strip) and a big bar. Good luck!

[sucram]

get your GF to do it

Edited December 9, 2014 by sucram

[warps]

I just bought myself an Aircat Nitro 1200K Kevlar composite rattle gun. 1295 ft lbs of nut busting torque. OOoh yeah!!!

A million times better than the cheapo Supacheap crap I had before, and not a lot dearer (less than $250 shipped from USA)