Clearing Jammed Nut from Socket
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Clearing Jammed Nut from Socket
In removing 4 dozen rusted fasteners from the bed of my '56, quite a few nuts jammed in the socket, half with the stem of a rusted/busted carriage head bolt, so I couldn't rethread the nut on a bolt end and work it off. Since this is a new socket set, I felt bad about the usual release technique: bouncing the socket off the driveway. Stepped into the garage for a piece of brass rod I've been using as a knockout bar on my lathe. The origin of this bar is bathroom plumbing---it was the lift rod for the drain stopper on a sink and comes with a nice 3/4" mushroom head at one end. Anyway, the brass is friendly to the new sockets, and the 1/4" stem will fit thru the drive opening on all size sockets.
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Clearing Jammed Nut from Socket
> bouncing the socket off the driveway
LOL! Same way I do it, though when they bounce back and hit the car :-(
Though for the mild ones I turn them upside down, stick a small Craftsman screwdriver though and pound it out.
LOL! Same way I do it, though when they bounce back and hit the car :-(
Though for the mild ones I turn them upside down, stick a small Craftsman screwdriver though and pound it out.
