On Thu, 19 Jan 1995 Yardbird47@aol.com wrote: > How about a hose clamp? I only just now thouight of it, and haven't tried it. > I was down to grabbing the cap nut with a pair of needle-nose vise grips, at > the waist where it wouldn't be visible. Whenever I tried to put cow hide > between the jaws and the nut, the serration of the jaws just bit through the > hide. (Leather doesn't have much friction and needs a certain amount of > pressure.) I quite agree. I've given up on the futile use of leather (except in some other cases....but we aren't discussing that kind of thing here.). :-) After knarling up a nut *once*, I gave up on that. > The slots in the hose clamp band would get a slight bite into the nut, and > the pinion bolt assembly would give you plenty to grab on with. > Try it but don't sue me.... My wife, the attorney in the family, said that such a suit would be thrown out under Chapter 11 (frivilous...). BUT! I did manage to get the nut off this time without damaging it *in any way!* Aren't you just dying to know how!? Ron Torrella "Dese are de conditions dat prevail." School of Music --Jimmy Durante University of Illinois
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