Nut job

[sberry]

Trick of the day. Changed a pump and couldn't reach to install the nut.

 

[trentonmakes]

That'll never work! Lol



[emoji106]

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[chruler]

I love a little ingenuity! Nice!

 

[WVBrady]

Would you please elaborate? I see a nut fastened to a rod, but I don't see how you could use it.

 

[bczygan]

When I saw the name of the OP and the title of the thread......

I laughed out loud before even opening it.

Bill

 

[Blt2Lst]

I thought this thread was going to be about my boss, never mind...

 

[1950mercury]

When I saw the name of the OP and the title of the thread......

I laughed out loud before even opening it.

Bill

Ha ha

 

[BFBOB]

Pretty obvious, unless I'm completely missing something. The welded-on rod is to hold the nut in position while tightening the bolt from the other side. It doesn't take much torque to hold the nut, not at all like tightening it.

 

[Outlawmws]

At least the post was family/work friendly!

 

[MDSPHOTO]

Nice! Reminds me of the time my bike shop welded a wrench to a 3' pole so they could get to a bolt hidden deep within a chopper.

 

[Fugio]

I do the same thing, sort of.

I usually weld a tab right next to the nut. If I get it just right, it will keep the nut from turning. If I'm off a bit, then it keeps the vise-grips on the nut from turning.

 

[Bessy]

Nice! Reminds me of the time my bike shop welded a wrench to a 3' pole so they could get to a bolt hidden deep within a chopper.

A 3' pole to reach a bolt in a bike?! That screams "We've literally tried everything...Well we didn't try this." to me!

 

[Alchymist]

Some of the hardware kits for installing trailer hitches come with wires welded on to certain nuts for use in snaking the nuts up inside hard to reach places in the chassis.

 

[notlob]

When I saw the name of the OP and the title of the thread......

I laughed out loud before even opening it.

I thought it was going to be an autobiography.

 

[monkeyspanners]

I've done similar in the past but with electrical tape wound sticky side out, holds the nut on a stick till you get it started on the thread.

 

[Farmall 1066]

Done something along those lines with a Vise-Grip with a length of Redi-Rod in place of the adjusting screw.

 

[FunkyfullWidth]

I welded a wrench to the end of a 12 foot pipe once to hold a bolt that secured a screen to a big screener. Made life easier when working alone.

Man, this is a tough crowd. But reminds me I need to take the kitchen dumpster out... thanks

 

[purplezr2]

Some of the hardware kits for installing trailer hitches come with wires welded on to certain nuts for use in snaking the nuts up inside hard to reach places in the chassis.

Second Gen Escapes do something similar to this.

 

[rob0781]

I do this quite often at work. Some spots are to tight to get a nut started on a bolt and this works great. Get the threads started then snap the welding rod off and put the wrench on it and tighten it

 

[Adam.C]

I've seen a ton of these tricks from attaching nut to parts with RTV to my personal favorite, hold a nut inside a socket with moly grease

 

[Outlawmws]

I've seen a ton of these tricks from attaching nut to parts with RTV to my personal favorite, hold a nut inside a socket with moly grease

I bit of paper towel also works very well, and isn't making a mess...

 

[FunkyfullWidth]

sometimes i'll hold a nut in a socket with a balled up piece of electrical tape.

 

[WVBrady]

Pretty obvious, unless I'm completely missing something. The welded-on rod is to hold the nut in position while tightening the bolt from the other side. It doesn't take much torque to hold the nut, not at all like tightening it.

I was thinking of the case where either it is a stud or you don't have access to the other end of the bolt. Those are the ones that I have trouble with.

As others have mentioned, you can stick the nut into a closed end wrench or in a socket.

After the nut is tightened, what do you do with the rod that is still fastened to the nut?

I also have a couple of long vise grip type wrenches and some extended reach, double-jointed pliers.