HELP I can't get the end links off

[kustomizingkid]

Dremel... lol

 

[Frogman]

Plasma!... mo better

 

[kustomizingkid]

Mo Money...

 

[TDUB]

Yeah I looked at plasma cutters at harbor tool and freight today needless to say I don't have an extra 400 dollars lying around.

 

[Frogman]

400 bucks? What's that rated for, 1/16th of an inch? lol

 

[kustomizingkid]

$400 will get you a replacement torch and lead for a decent unit....

 

[TDUB]

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=97994
Is this not a plasma cutter? It was on sale this last week.

 

[kustomizingkid]

Yes its a plasma cutter... just a really really really :q:q:q:qty one...

 

[TDUB]

Lol I kinda figured it wasn't the best model

 

[lseguy]

not a tiny allen wrench, but THIS to hold the ball joint

 

[cammerfe]

Terminology

End links to his skateboard. The hell do you mean, end links to what?

'Wrist pin' or even 'gudgeon pin' may be specific enough, but 'end link' is generic enough to warrant a question. I've given up on trying to read the minds of those who post here.
KS

 

[NateRW21]

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=97994
Is this not a plasma cutter? It was on sale this last week.

They sell nothing but cheap junk. Only buy from them if you plan on using the tool once and throwing it away. Don't buy power anything from them... it will lack a certain key feature... power.


Hex hold feature on the end-links, hose the bolt down with PB Blaster. If that doesn't work then you have to cut it off. Works 3 out of 4 times for me though.

 

[NYC LS8]

I always just tighten the end links until they break. They will eventually.

 

[TDUB]

Lol why did no one inform me of this hex hold feature on the end links BEFORE I sat there all day with a hack saw.... does anyone have a picture of the hold part?

 

[milehighmikey]

If you have new end links, it is the part after the thread ends, hex shaped..you put a socket on it. Those ratcheting box end wrenches work great with the hex hold feature bolts, but as NY said, when replacing them, tighten until the bolt breaks. That would be a lot of tension, by the way, on hardened bolts. I usually have to wire wheel the studs sticking out of those nuts, on hex holding feature-equipped parts, before the self locking nut can make it through the corrosion. Some anti-seize on that bolt may work better at allowing its removal with crusty corroded bolt threads, fwiw.

 

[Frogman]

DETCORD! Works well... or so I hear.