re: Saving the day

[Joe Elliott <jee@domain.elided>]

The allen head bolts holding my Opel's brake calipers together were 
too deteriorated for the allen wrench to get any bite at all, so one 
at a time, we welded the wrench to the bolt, and broke it loose, and 
ground off the weld.  When that project was done we threw out the 
little wrench, of course.

At 12:27 AM -0400 4/24/02, alfa-digest wrote:
>Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 00:25:05 -0400
>From: Mark Denovich <mark@domain.elided>
>Subject: Saving the day
>
>I was replacing the front shocks on my Milano this evening.  As usual,
>rust made things interesting...  Despite PB Blaster, heat, and a gentle
>touch I snapped the head off of one of the bolts.
>
>After some swearing, I pulled out the MIG welder again.   The bolt was
>sheared flush with the A arm.   I cranked up the amps (120), and put a
>blob of metal on top of the sheared off bolt.   I then put a nut on top
>of the blob and welded the nut to the bolt.   Another shot of PB Blaster
>and I was able to put a wrench on the nut and removed the bolt.
>
>Ta da.
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