7 Helpful Tips to Remove Unusual or Balky Fasteners
Unusual Fasteners
- Have a Torx bolt on a Deutz 1011 or Deutz 2011 front cover? Use a 6 point TS30 to remove it. If you can’t find it locally, we stock it.
- Removing a Perkins 4.108 fuel injection pump? Use a 13mm socket on the 3 bolts that hold the pump on.
- Changing a damper plate? Use a 6 sided 6mm allen socket.
Rusty Fasteners
- Spray in some penetrating oil
- If it’s a screw, get a good bite on the head by tapping your screw driver in deeper with a hammer. Hit it with a couple of good raps.
- If it’s a bolt, weld a nut to on to it and use a socket to twist it out.
- Try cutting it off with a hand held die grinder.
Written by Dr. Diesel
Knowledge is power. To help our customers, we share tech tips summarizing some of our opinions, knowledge and information of interest that we have gathered since 1916 when Foley Engines opened for business. If you have any questions or comments, go to “Ask Dr. Diesel™” where you can pose questions about engines, clutches, exhaust scrubbers, etc.
