Seized blade bolt on woods RM59

[asgreig]

What's the best safest way to loosen the seized blade bolts on these machines?

Thanks

 

[RjCorazza]

Hands down... Air tools.

 

[asgreig]

1/2 inch electric impact will tighten to 130 ft/lb. Hope it works in reverse! lol

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

I haven't found one yet that my 3/4" air powered impact wrench won't take off.

If I do find one, it's torch time. Try just heating it with a rosebud tip first, and then impact wrench. But if that doesn't work, cut it off.

 

[WranglerX]

3/4 inch drive socket (hex not 12 point), breaker bar and cheater pipe.... IF the does not work, Victor wrench....

 

[asgreig]

Success! impact was enough!. thanks for all the suggestions

 

[Topzide]

Biggest mistake on that Woods is the LH threaded spindle bolt that gets you. Never a problem off but I use breaker bar when putting back on.

 

[oosik]

After years of grunting, pulling, cursing - I finally got an electric impact wrench. A little oil, patience and the impact wrench - has worked every time.

 

[SmallChange]

If it's really seized, impact wrenches and oil and whatnot won't really work, will they? It's become one piece of metal, welded between the threads in areas. It has to be cut off.
I had an unpleasant experience with this. I had mounted my bucket edge with stainless bolts and nuts, and I had used fine threads to make them less likely to work loose. Big mistakes -- I just didn't know. Similar metals are prone to seizing, and stainless is more so than most. I was dismounting, loosening one of these nuts. It was turning very easily, spinning off with my fingertips, and was halfway off (meaning only half of the nut's threads were still engaged. Then it got a little stiff to turn. Stiffer. Even stiffer. I had to put a wrench on it, and only got another turn. I would up with my 1/2" drive breaker bar with a pipe over the handle, and only got a little further. Finally I used a right angle grinder to take it off the hard way.

 

[oosik]

Air impact may be the best. I have air but no air impact wrench. I do have 1/2" electric impact wrench. Used it to remove blade bolts on my JD 750. Worked just fine.