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Blink · 22nd September 2019, 12:57

I'm having a major battle with the lower arm to trailing arm bolt (OSR) - I got it part way off then the nut refused to go any further due to rust on the thread. So I decided to attack the nut itself. This is the result after more than an hour with a nut splitter and an oscillating multi tool.

Would you believe it, the little swine still refuses to come off.

The nut splitter would have got it first time if it hadn't been for that pesky flange and the multi tool would certainly polish it off if it wasn't for the fact that all my metal-cutting blades are blunt.

22nd September 2019, 12:57	#1
Blink Posted a thing or two Rover 75 Saloon Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: Under the car Posts: 1,840 Thanks: 210 Thanked 244 Times in 221 Posts	Battle of the Bolt (lower arm to trailing arm) I'm having a major battle with the lower arm to trailing arm bolt (OSR) - I got it part way off then the nut refused to go any further due to rust on the thread. So I decided to attack the nut itself. This is the result after more than an hour with a nut splitter and an oscillating multi tool. Would you believe it, the little swine still refuses to come off. The nut splitter would have got it first time if it hadn't been for that pesky flange and the multi tool would certainly polish it off if it wasn't for the fact that all my metal-cutting blades are blunt.