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Old 8th October 2019, 13:07   #1
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Default Irwin bolt extractors

I have never thought these to be any good, rubbish in fact. Even today the 10mm would not grip a 10mm spanner size bolt. Using some spring loaded adjustable grips I managed to undo the bolt a bit. The flange now away from the surface. Tried a bigger extractor and time and time again it failed to grip the flange and then eventually, gripped and removed the bolt.
Next 3 bolts all the same, 10mm sockets, spanner and Irwin bolt extractor all failed. Tried my last 10mm socket and it gripped almost removing the bolt but in the end the larger Irwin bolt extractor did the job.

At long last Irwin bolt extractors have done their job but no as easy as it has been had out to be.

I have moved from think rubbish to not very good.

perhaps it is 10mm that's rubbish and perhaps the surface to be gripped needs to be away from any surface below.

Are there any for left handed thread?

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Old 8th October 2019, 14:34   #2
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I was considering purchasing these when i encountered a seized/rounded bolt while removing the front brakes - In the end i opted for a smaller size socket hammered onto the bolt - worked a treat for that particular bolt



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Old 8th October 2019, 14:47   #3
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I have never thought these to be any good, rubbish in fact. Even today the 10mm would not grip a 10mm spanner size bolt. Using some spring loaded adjustable grips I managed to undo the bolt a bit. The flange now away from the surface. Tried a bigger extractor and time and time again it failed to grip the flange and then eventually, gripped and removed the bolt.
Next 3 bolts all the same, 10mm sockets, spanner and Irwin bolt extractor all failed. Tried my last 10mm socket and it gripped almost removing the bolt but in the end the larger Irwin bolt extractor did the job.

At long last Irwin bolt extractors have done their job but no as easy as it has been had out to be.

I have moved from think rubbish to not very good.

perhaps it is 10mm that's rubbish and perhaps the surface to be gripped needs to be away from any surface below.

Are there any for left handed thread?

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They're imperial so what you think is 10mm is actually for 38"/af , and I know what you were using them for, as I bought a set for the same job.

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Old 8th October 2019, 14:53   #4
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I always thought these were generally used one size or metric sized less than the bolt would be, as the head would be rounded.smaller. eg for a 10mm you would use a 3/8 or 5/16th size. Making it a tight fit to cut into a now less than 10mm bolt head?

I have a set in the shed, bought a few weeks ago on clearance in homebase for around 12 quid. I have not needed to use them yet, but thinking it is better to be looking at them than for them at times like this.

Lidl do a set of what they call a 'speciality socket set' which has vertical spines instead of flats (less than 20 quid). These helped me when I was faced with a rear drop link bolt that was about to round off. But I had the subframe on the floor and stood on it when turning. I opted to use these once the 6 sided socket slipped off and lightly rounded the corners of the head. They felt very positive when removing this bolt, but that may only apply when only slightly damaged.

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Old 8th October 2019, 16:01   #5
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They're imperial so what you think is 10mm is actually for 38"/af , and I know what you were using them for, as I bought a set for the same job.

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The bolts holding the rear anti roll bar. I have fitted ordinary bolts and they have a 13mm head, must be less likely to round off. Cant believe they were so tight

I do need to get my self some decent 10mm sockets now.

There is an extension set, I will look at those as the box has a row of spare seats and one is 10mm

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I have been completely underwhelmed by the Irwins bolt extraxtors too. Angle grinder or dremmel when space is tight generally does a better job!
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Just to restore the balance , I like the Irwin extractors
They have got me out of trouble several times
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Old 8th October 2019, 16:36   #8
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Don’t often bother with those type of things like irwin nut removers, just get out a mini inductor 2 heat the nut up break the rust seal and then just crack it loose using a decent six sided socket, not one of those multi splined sockets. My Bluepoint nut removers seem to bite better than the Irwin type ones, probably due to the material that they made from.
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Old 8th October 2019, 18:56   #9
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Don’t often bother with those type of things like irwin nut removers, just get out a mini inductor 2 heat the nut up break the rust seal and then just crack it loose using a decent six sided socket, not one of those multi splined sockets. My Bluepoint nut removers seem to bite better than the Irwin type ones, probably due to the material that they made from.
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Is it this one you have? https://theinductor.co.uk/product/mi...or-ii-md-800p/

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I used these to remove one of the bolts that hold the rear tow adjustment brackets.

They gripped so tight, I broke two extension bars before the bolt would shift......

Done the job though, and I could not get it out anyother way.
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