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JoeUser previously said:
Being in NY, are you sure it wasn't salted roads in the winter time, that caused the corrosion? Doesn't take a lot of salt to start the corrosion process.
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Oh, I'm quite certain that the recent salt exposure was a contributing factor, but the truck just came from Oklahoma and this was its first oil change in NY.
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Another alternative to the Irwin removers is to drill a hole in the center of the bolt, just deep enough to use and easy-out bit (reverse-threaded bit, that bites into the bolt, facilitatiing the removal of the bolt)...
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Yeah, I've used easy-out bits before with limited success. The Irwin sockets offer advantages in that you don't have to drill a hole (exactly in the center which is hard to do on a rounded off bolt head) so there is one less step, the fact the Irwin socket places force on the outside of the bolt head gives you more leverage, and you can't use easy-outs on rounded off nuts. That said, you also couldn't use an Irwin socket on removing a twisted off bolt.
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