Another Rounded Off Nut
I recently got the chance to use one of my Craftsman Bolt-Out damaged bolt and nut removers. I bought them when they went on sale a while back after seeing a mechanic use a similar set to remove a bolt for me after I had spent an entire evening cutting another nut off. Read about that in my post How To Get Off a Rounded Nut. This particular nut was a flange nut on the EGR valve on my 98 Honda Accord. Due to the over sized top of the EGR valve, I couldn’t get a good grip on the nut with the socket because it was slightly angled. I tried removing the nut, but it wouldn’t budge. I applied some liquid wrench, but was impatient and didn’t wait for it to soak in like I should. I tried some more and the socket was slipping off, it wasn’t long before I realized the nut was getting rounded.
Using the Damaged Bolt and Nut Removers
Frustrated, and recalling the experience I had with that last rounded nut, I realized that I would get to use my nut extractors. Besides the Craftsman extractors I have, other options include this similar Bolt-Grip Bolt Extractor Set
