Rounded nut removal tool

[bridgedino]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/390351171705?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_sacat%3D0%26_from%3DR40%26_nkw%3D390351171705%26_rdc%3D1

Anyone had any experience of such a tool? The 8mm head on my front pads removal pin wouldn't budge and started to round so I stopped. Now I'm thinking I can use such a tool to finish of removing it and simply replace with a new one.

I'm trying to avoid paying a mechanic for what should be a 5 min job...now where have I heard that before

Anyone help

[Pete.]

If it's tight enough to round the head with a good 6-sides socket, there's a good chance that you'll shear the head off with that tool.

Can you get some heat into it?
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[bridgedino]

Not without buying something other than the OH hair dryer. I did wonder wether it would snap before freeing up. In which case the job would turn into more than just a rounded head

[Vincent]

Got any Mole Grips?
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[Raffles]

As Pete said, heat will help. I also find that a decent smack with a suitable hammer helps to loosen tight fastenings.
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[bridgedino]

Mole grips? Yep got them. Do they normaly perform well for such tasks?

[Vincent]

[Aff]

If you can get one of those tools on, you should be able to file some flats on the head and use your mole grips.
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[Rogerborg]

I love my Irwins. This is exactly what they're for, and if Irwins would shear the head off, so would mole grips. I have literally sweated and bled over a fastener in an awkward location for half an hour, filing and trying to get grips on it, before remembering that I've got Irwins, then squeeeak, off it comes.

Do give it a good whack and get some penetrating oil in there first though.
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[bridgedino]

Irwin's ordered. Few days delivery time so will give it a good few squirts to help loosen before they arrive

[Raffles]

[sidewinder]

Get yourself a nut splitter
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Silverline-2-15mm-15-22mm-Nut-Splitter-Set-2pce-Threading-Mechanic-Tools-DIY-/350669056398?pt=UK_Hand_Tools_Equipment&hash=item51a581298e.

[sidewinder]

Get yourself a nut splitter
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Silverline-2-15mm-15-22mm-Nut-Splitter-Set-2pce-Threading-Mechanic-Tools-DIY-/350669056398?pt=UK_Hand_Tools_Equipment&hash=item51a581298e.

[sprintster]

Draper Hi-Torq sockets are great for gripping rounded bolts.I was using them today to remove bolts under my mudguard that haven't been touched in 65k miles.There's no way a normal socket would have gripped them!A lot cheaper than Irwins too.

[bridgedino]

[DMCpro]

[Raffles]

[Walloper]

[heapy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E90IH20he80
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[heapy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E90IH20he80
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[smegballs]

Irwin "unfuckers" are really good, they've saved my bacon plenty of times.

They've got unstuck fasteners for me when a nothing in a £5k+ snap-on armory (my mates) has failed to do the job.

[el_oso]

[Rigga]

[Rigga]

[Islander]

Why would he want to use a water dispersant spray on it?