@$#*% wastegate nut stripped

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <3.0.3.32.19980630061152.00945310@mail.frii.com> Brooks Ellis writes:

> I think I am going to go with the dremel route, and get a new nut once I
> get this one off. Or maybe try to dremel a few angles parallel to the 8mm
> sides of the nut and jam a 7mm on there.

FWIW - I recently decided to make a small investment and replaced all
my small sockets (up to and including 14mm) with 6-points.  I also
replaced all the ratchet handles with 72-tooth FACOM ones.  It cost
a packet - but I rounded off a 12mm exhaust nut last week in exactly
the wrong place and it took me two hours to free it.

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 Phil Payne
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