I have a bunch of nuts on my 86 lt250r that are stripped and i cant get them off and i need to get them off so i can get the frame powder coated. Does anyone know how i can get them off or have any ideas?

Thanks,
Alan


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1986 Lt250R Quadracer

 

Craftsman has a stripped nut and bolt remover kit. Other than that, you will have to grind them off, then drill them out and re-tap or helicoil them

 

what would i use to grind them off?




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1986 Lt250R Quadracer

 

A die grinder or angle grinder. Is it the nut that is stripped, or a bolt? Cuz if it is a nut, you may be able to cut it off. The best way (if you have a lot of them) is to invest in the Craftsman Bolt-Out™ Damaged Bolt/Nut Remover Set

 

A nutsplitter is always handy. Looks like a small c clamp with a wedge on one side. You actually cut the nut right off. Grinding them out isn't horrible, but should be last tried thing. Soak them with penetrating oil for a while. PB blaster is fairly good. The best things I have found for rounded nuts and bolts is a good set of channel locks.

 

weld another nut onto the stripped nut and then use the new nut to remove the old nut. works for me. easy, too.

 

Yeah, welding a nut on there is probably the best way if you have a welder. I don't know how good the Craftsman nut and bolt remover is, but their screw remover SUCKS. Also if there is enough of the head left, you could try locking a pair of vise-grips on it.

 

I dont know how to explain the tool, but if you have enough room to comfortably get a wrench on the bolt then there are a special wrench, it is for stripped bolts the end is closed and as you pull tighter it pushes this rounded piece of the handle into the nut , which in turn loosens it, i hope someone on here can make sence of this... lol

Good luck, oh yeah a new set of quality vice grips works better than a old set...

Mark

 

Where are the stripped nuts located? If you got space a small pipe wrench works great. welding nuts to the existing ones works great also, also if you can borrow a torch setup heating them up cherry they get on they they should come right off, as long as you wont damage anything by heating them up.

 

Try vise grips. And, lots of penetrating oil.