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how do you take off a TIGHTLY wound nut that is completely strippped? Its the center bolt holding the headers to the exhaust manifold so theres not much room and it is stripped really really badly. I tried buying a "stripped nut" recovery socket set but that just made it more stripped. I don't wanna drill it. . .

 
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this happens to me all the time ... i use a dremel tool and CAREFULLY cut off the nut takes practice tho to do it right... what exactly did you strip

 
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take it to a shop, sorry.

 
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moved to the Tech Stuff forum

 
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exactly what ledbelly said.

Use a dremel tool on the side (may have to do it on 2 sides) but don't go all the way to the threads. Then when you are all the way through either use a screwdriver to break it off or a hammer and small chisel. Same thing happened to me right before my turbo kit went on. Added 30 minutes to the project time.

 
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ya the most important thing is not to damage the threads on the bolt

 
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the dremel didn't work for me - but then again i didn't keep at it for long. How long does it take and what exactly am i supposed to do. when i did it the bit just wore down the nut a little. am i using the right bit? damn, this sucks. . .

 
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Use a cutoff wheel on the dremel....

 
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Yeah what they said. For some reason I thought this thread was about some other kind of nuts

 
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LMAO @ the thread title

 
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ouch

 
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Use a chisel....always worked for me.