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Oct 20, 2008 | 08:38 AM

jnb5101

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what's the easiest way to remove them without breaking the stud or the nut?

Oct 20, 2008 | 09:32 AM

bashcraft

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They're pretty much impossible to remove without breaking something. You're better off breaking the nut then buying new ones. They're cheap.

Oct 20, 2008 | 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by bashcraft

They're pretty much impossible to remove without breaking something. You're better off breaking the nut then buying new ones. They're cheap.

Oct 20, 2008 | 12:03 PM

...Roger...

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If the fingers are exposed I have ok luck using a dental pick to release each little finger.
But if their not exposed then I agree crushing the nut and breaking it is the cheapest and least damaging way.

Oct 20, 2008 | 02:16 PM

7T1vette

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You can try squeezing the item at 90 deg. from the tangs, but more than likely it will deform or break before it will pull off. Those items are meant to throw away when they are removed.

Oct 20, 2008 | 07:23 PM

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thanks for the reply. i broke a stud on the heater control thumb wheel while is was trying to disassemble it for a clean-up. luckily i had a control that was in even worse shape than the one i was cleaning, so i "borrowed" a wheel. one of those ^&(%(*&(^& moments.

Oct 20, 2008 | 07:27 PM

7T1vette

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Loki, [that little gremlin], is at it again!!

Oct 20, 2008 | 08:17 PM

rthawk1

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I agree

I am having '72 repainted down to the bare fiberglass. The body shop felt it was easier to crush the $.25 nut than to break off the Stingray emblem at $35-50/piece. I picked up new nuts at Lowe's. They come in packages of 2.

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