How do I get this bolt into that hard-to-reach place?
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How do I get this bolt into that hard-to-reach place?
Tongue depressor, Gorilla tape.
The inevitable often happens.
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1923 Touring
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1923 Touring
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Re: How do I get this bolt into that hard-to-reach place?
Oh yea! Like the pan arm to frame nuts. Good idea!
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Re: How do I get this bolt into that hard-to-reach place?
I use a long hemostat clamp. (aka roach clip) Upper pan arm bolts & inner arm nuts.
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Re: How do I get this bolt into that hard-to-reach place?
"Chinese" fingers with one of the four tangs removed works also.
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Re: How do I get this bolt into that hard-to-reach place?
I tied ends of a 2-foot piece of dental floss after threading it through the cotter pin hole of a pan ear bolt. I stuck a thin wire through the pan ear's hole, snagged the floss and pulled the bolt through. Holding tension on the floss, I threaded it through the nut and dropped the nut onto the bolt. I have a photo but it won't load.
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Re: How do I get this bolt into that hard-to-reach place?
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Re: How do I get this bolt into that hard-to-reach place?
I’ve always wondered how those guys at the Ford factory did it!
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Re: How do I get this bolt into that hard-to-reach place?
I tape the bolts in the end of a box end wrench so they can't fall out.
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Re: How do I get this bolt into that hard-to-reach place?
Box wrench or combo wrench end with strip of shop towel crammed between wrench head and bolt head. Locitite makes a product called Fun Pack that is like silly putty but stickey. A piece of electrical tape crammed in the wrench head works in a pinch as well.
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Re: How do I get this bolt into that hard-to-reach place?
See what you started..
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Re: How do I get this bolt into that hard-to-reach place?
Working as a mechanic I always kept gum wrappers to wedge nuts and bolts into wrenches and sockets.
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Re: How do I get this bolt into that hard-to-reach place?
Ans once the bolt/nut is positioned I ratchet it in. Tape the nut to the end with Frog Tape is tough, sticky and shows up in dark places
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Re: How do I get this bolt into that hard-to-reach place?
Dan has it right. The old Sala method. Don't need anything special. Just lay the open end/box end wrench down on the bench, lay a light rag or paper towel over the box end and push the bolt head first down into the "box" and you're ready to go. It doesn't even have to go all the way into the box, it gets tight right away, Go for it!
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Re: How do I get this bolt into that hard-to-reach place?
I just weld a nut on the pan ear when the pan is off.
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Re: How do I get this bolt into that hard-to-reach place?
I use tape on the end of a box end wrench to hold the nut or bolt in place then screw the nut on. I use lock washers in those areas instead of using cotter pins. I don’t think Henry would mind by now!
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Re: How do I get this bolt into that hard-to-reach place?
Welding would work but have been doing the same as John for a lot of years to hold the nut for the bolts thru the wood blocks and pan ears on the starter side.John kuehn wrote: ↑Tue May 25, 2021 6:19 pmI use tape on the end of a box end wrench to hold the nut or bolt in place then screw the nut on. I use lock washers in those areas instead of using cotter pins. I don’t think Henry would mind by now!
I know the voices aren't real but damn they have some good ideas!
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Re: How do I get this bolt into that hard-to-reach place?
16 year old Daughter.