Nut Splitter

'92 Si VTEC · Post by **jjmartin349571** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 6:14 pm

Hi folks,

Is this kind of nut splitter any good?

I've done something stupid to the nuts on my upper control arm and they're just spinning now, access isn't great so I don't want to use my grinder to remove them

Cheers,
Josh

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 6:58 pm

I've had some success with them in the past.
Depends on the hardness of the nut you're trying to split, really. Also how far down onto the nut you can get the splitter.
Unless you can get the splitter properly down onto the nut (so the chisel can cut right through the bottom of it as well) you can up just mangling things but not really getting anywhere.

What's the access look like onto the nut you're working on? Pic?

'92 Si VTEC · Post by **jjmartin349571** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 8:12 pm

Pics of my nuts as requested:

And the problem I had:

The studs couldn't be pushed home and so I tried tightening the nuts to pull them through, but it seems to have stripped the threads instead

Rollocks.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 9:03 pm

That's bonkers!

How can that not have pulled the bush threads through?

Well there's only one way to find out - give it a go with the nut splitter. If it doesn't work, you can always resort to the angle grinder after all...

'92 Si VTEC · Post by **jjmartin349571** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 9:27 pm

No idea, I can only assume that the hole was slightly too small

Cool, I'll dart down Screwfix tomorrow morning and with any luck that splitter will do the trick. If I have to use the grinder I guarantee I will slice straight through the loom

nitin_s1 · Post by **nitin_s1** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 9:29 pm

jjmartin349571 wrote:Pics of my nuts as requested:

Not the pictures I was expecting..

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 10:38 pm

use a dremel to give the splitter something to go at or it will just ride off it

Post by **Thebusofwoe** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 11:36 pm

Try putting some force up under the nut as your undoing it, as in try to lever the nut off with the open end of a spanner ect. This work best with air tools. That usually work for me when the nut grabs the tread.

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Wed Apr 01, 2015 7:52 pm

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^This