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    Advice on breaking free a stubborn bolt

    Not exactly car related, but y'all might know none the less. Recently picked up a Springfield M1A and I'm trying to get the gas plug out so I can put it in a troy battle chassis... But the bastard wont break free. It's now 100% stripped, and being that it's a precision rifle, most of the things I would do to break a bolt free on a car don't apply. Already ordered a new gas plug, so as long as I don't obliterate the threads all is well.

    Anyone have any advice to break free a bolt of a somewhat sensitive piece of equipment? I'm thinking I may have to use a stripped bolt extractor.


    Last edited by ToXicXxX; 06-13-2014, 11:54 PM.
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  • #2
    Re: Advice on breaking free a stubborn bolt

    Is it just the head that's stripped, or are the threads stripped?

    If it's just the head that's in the picture, I think a vise would hold it fairly well.
    Eddy

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      Re: Advice on breaking free a stubborn bolt

      Vise grips or a vise Yeah. If it stripped I doubt an easy out will help, it'll break before it breaks loose. Heat might work too but not too much.

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      • #4
        Re: Advice on breaking free a stubborn bolt

        A good set of channel locks would probably hold well enough to get it out as well. You could potentially just weld a nut on top of it and then try and use a regular socket to spin it out.
        Last edited by danosaur; 06-14-2014, 09:39 AM.

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        • #5
          Re: Advice on breaking free a stubborn bolt

          Vise grips.

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          • #6
            Re: Advice on breaking free a stubborn bolt

            The problem with a vice is that torques the action and can cause damage. I am trying to find the M1A tool meant to hold it with you remove it, but no luck.

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            • #7
              Re: Advice on breaking free a stubborn bolt

              a damaged bolt remover will work too...Crappy tire sells them...ratcheting wrench .
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              • #8
                Re: Advice on breaking free a stubborn bolt

                Originally posted by Geobmx4life View Post
                a damaged bolt remover will work too...Crappy tire sells them...ratcheting wrench .
                This did the ticket! Threw a 1/2 one over the bastard and gave her...

                Some idiot at springfield armories coated the thing in oil before test firing it, carbon locking the threads together.

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