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/diy/ I've never used a socket wrench before in this manner. How do I secure this nut and bolt in when there's nothing to keep the bolt from moving?

>> No.1219439
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1219439

...you're...kidding, right...?

>> No.1219440

>>1219437
I hope you're sitting, this is going to be riveting.


A second wrench of the same size.

>> No.1219442

>>1219440

I've always wondered the same thing and I've been wrenching for years. Why would you need two wrenches for one bolt?

Most of the automotive repair I've seen either has the other part welded, restrained, or the threads are machined into the engine block or whatever.

>> No.1219448
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>>1219440
2 wrenches? I only have one. I may as well have none at this point.

>> No.1219450

you could go crazy and use pliers on the nut

>> No.1219452

>>1219442
Sorry, welcome to real life. Vehicles are the most engineered piece of equipment the lay man runs into.

I suppose you don't "need" two for one bolt, you just look like an idiot asking if you don't want to just do the obvious solution.

Are you high on opiates or something, what's wrong with you?

>> No.1219453

>>1219450

That would ruin it. Just weld some bar stock to it.

>> No.1219459

>>1219448
Just glue one nut in place.

>> No.1219461

>>1219437
>>1219442
>>1219448
>>1219450
>>1219453
>>1219459
just grab the nut with your teeth so you can get max torque on the bolt, fuck I thought everyone knew that

>> No.1219657

>>1219440
That's not a rivet mate, it's a bolt.

>> No.1219677

monkey wrench and a socket

>> No.1219720

>>1219657

Nailed it.

>> No.1219722

>>1219437
Spanner to hold nut in place, use socket wrench on the bolt head.

>> No.1219800

>>1219437
please stop falling for bait /diy/

honestly where are the janitors? (MODS)

>> No.1219851

>>1219800
>please stop falling for bait /diy/

Not everyone has been wrenching since they were 5.

>> No.1219894

That's obviously a metric nail with twin heads, what op wants is a cold chisel and a club hammer.

>Not using the correct tools for the job
>2017
>ISHIGGYDIGGYDO

>> No.1219895

>>1219894
>cold chisel

If I put it in my freezer overnight will that be cold enough?

>> No.1220135

>>1219437
What POS ratchet would have the directional selector on the same side as the socket?

>> No.1220137

>>1220135
The kind that have 1/4 inch drive on one side and 3/8 on the other. AKA POS noob ratchet.

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>>1219720
Then he'd need an hammer.
I love the 12v cordless.

>> No.1220191

>>1220137
Or a reversible torque wrench, you know, because this is a troll thread and he just picked a random picture