Windscreen arm nuts wont move

Vbstein · Post by **Vbstein** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 9:04 am

Hi chaps

Has anyone got any tips to move these nuts as they stuck and I tried for hours to move them. I left wd40 over night and no luck.

Thanks for your help in advance.

john-e89 · Post by **john-e89** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 9:15 am

Give them a tap all the way round the nut a few times with a hammer Vbstein. Also you can strike the bolt head a couple of times square on, not too many as you don’t want to damage the threads but it’ll stand a couple of decent hits. Hopefully you’re using a socket to take them off. Failing the hammer taps you’ll probably need to borrow an impact socket from somebody if they still won’t budge.

road warrior · Post by **road warrior** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 10:34 am

Try releasing fluid, and then if you have a little blow torch to WARM it, it will be better than using brute force

ph001 · Post by **ph001** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 10:52 am

Thermal shock is the way to do it. Loctite Freeze and Release...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Loctite-8040 ... .l4275.c10

...then apply heat with a jet cigarette lighter (blowlamp is too big and clumsy in that area).

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PROF-Angled- ... rk:65:pf:0

Do the heat / freeze cycle a few times. They will come off no problem. The of course you have to pull the arms off the spindles! Again, buy a proper tool - don't cost much and makes your life so much easier....

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Battery-Term ... xypNtSj6Y7

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