before breakfast: watched an Abomb79 video about extracting broken bolts after breakfast: one rear tire on the riding mower has sun rot. Took the wheel off - and sheared off a rusted bolt gah half done drilling it out, but pausing - maybe time fo oxy torch? or welding trick?
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3/ anyway, right now I'm leaning towards * ordering a good extractor set for next time * MIG welding on a washer and nut to the stub * hitting axle with the oxy torch maybe take a long lunch and work on that
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4/ wife: what are you doing? me: taking a picture for Bob the Welder wife: who's Bob the Welder ? me: he's a twitter friend... named Bob wife: and? me: /shrug ... and he's a welder
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6/ anyway, feeling pretty good * old tire off wheel * new tire on wheel * broken bolt removed only task left is seating the bead on the rim, which is going to be a bit of a bitch ; tire is squashed from storage and rim is like 4" away from seating
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7/ yep, I know I know * ratchet strap * air bead blaster * starting fluid I've tried all 3, several times each, on this one. https://twitter.com/camoout/status/1260999356435611648 …
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8/ Problem in this case (not insurmountable; I'll get it done) is that the two beads are pushed very far in away from the rim, and cranking down ratchet strap pushes beads closer together, not out towards rim
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9/ Yes. Put wheel on tire changer, so wheel is supported and tire hangs down. This mostly closes the bottom bead. Then 5 gal of 100 PSI air in the bead blaster, and WHOMP! done. https://twitter.com/camoout/status/1261755974798409728?s=19 …
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