MOAR REEEALTO
Things aren't going well on these seat runners / mountings
The nut-welding was abandoned so I wouldn't set the carpet / car on fire. I ground the heads off, leaving me with a couple of now head-less bolts sticking out the chassis leg.
My "Mole" brand self-locking pliers were having none of it to grip them sufficiently, so I resorted to getting these from Helfrauds, for no other reason than to help use up a €20 gift voucher for the place I think I got a couple of Xmases ago.
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They didn't solve my problem on this particular job. The large one doesn't close up tight enough to grip the 1/4" bolt remains and small one by nature of being at the other extreme, would need a bit more sticking out to grip properly.
Today I managed to get some pump pliers to grip the bastard, but to reward me when I was using some pliers I managed to pinch myself
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Then when it did get turning, it decide to drop into the fucking chassis leg!
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Fucking about with Blu Tack on the end of screw driver was like playing those grab machines down the seaside. I kept dropping the fucker. What I needed was a grabber that worked, but I didn't have one to had so I first when to "Choice" to see if they had any.
Nope. They had quite a few cheapo tools including bolt cutters, but no grabby grabbers. I did see some clothes pegs though...
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...they're just like those fuckers I used to hold the new valves up on
that cylinder head. Of absolutely no help whatsoever, but I thought I'd mention the torment.
So I left with some cheap deodorant, a pack of cheap junior hacksaw blades and 4 pack of white chunky Kit-Kats - plus another torment bonus that the 2 LED bulbs I bought yesterday in B&Q for €8 each, are only €5 each here. Pissflaps.
I went across the road to the motor factors and whilst they only had a short straight grabber (I was looking for a longer flexi one), I did spot this instead...
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Laser 7026
Which has a far smoller head (4mm) for getting down smoll holes.
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At first, I grabbed the wrong end of it
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Then when i got the right end of it
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I find that it still doesn't want to come out. The top flange of the rivnut has disappeared, probably due to corrosion, but the bottom crush part hasn't. I'm going to have to think of something, as I'm not leaving it in there.