Due to a spinal injury, I am forbidden to perform any task that requires bending by by physicians. So my well meaning wife insisted on replacing the skid shoes on our snow blower. Consequentially, I now have an improperly seated and locked carriage bolt and it really bothers me. My wife also dropped and lost the original nut and replaced it with a nylock nut. Which she cranked to the point where the nut is now locked. I am not knocking on the wife, because in all things non-mechanical... my wife is brilliant.
So I am looking at removal options without marring the blower paint surface. I checked out nut splitters on Amazon. But the conflicting user ratings have me confused. Can anyone recommend a good nut splitter for removing a 5/16" nylon bolt?
Plus how does one fix a boogered up carriage hole? Worst case I thought that I could bore it out, touch up paint, add grommet, & replace carriage with hex bolt. I not really a handy person, so my fix solutions may not be the path taken by the more mechanically enlightened.
So I am looking at removal options without marring the blower paint surface. I checked out nut splitters on Amazon. But the conflicting user ratings have me confused. Can anyone recommend a good nut splitter for removing a 5/16" nylon bolt?
Plus how does one fix a boogered up carriage hole? Worst case I thought that I could bore it out, touch up paint, add grommet, & replace carriage with hex bolt. I not really a handy person, so my fix solutions may not be the path taken by the more mechanically enlightened.