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Originally Posted by Traco
If something has been welded it sounds like someone has carried out some sort of quick fix at some stage as opposed to doing it the right and hard way.
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Incorrect. One of the nuts is captive and it's carrier is welded to the flange.
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Originally Posted by Dave80GTSi
I am puzzled.
If the bolt which goes thru the welded top nut is already out, then why do you need to remove this rusty nut now?
Why not simply run a tap thru this old nut, thus recutting the threads, and then just use a new bolt?
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Because it takes only a few seconds to cut it off and you don't want to reuse a rusted fastener, new threads or not. It will quickly rust again.
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