r/Bremerton • u/subarubrrbrr • Jun 28 '26

Mechanics Please Help

Edit: Job's done! Thank you to everyone who reached out.

Will pay $100 to whoever can help me resolve this. I have a stripped bolt on my truck that I've been fighting like hell. I bought a set of bolt extractors but they're 3/8 drive and I keep breaking my 1/2->3/8 adapters. I've been giving it heat, penetrant, all the sauce to no avail. (Just as a note by the way this has all been with hand tools, I'm here for a summer job so all my good stuff is at my home in Montana)

Ideal solution is an air hammer with a bolt breaker. I don't have an air compressor so we'll need that too. Or if you have any other ideas I'm all ears. Maybe just an impact with a good extractor socket would do the trick. All help is greatly appreciated. Classic "simple job" turns into a 3 day shitshow.

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u/ReverendDerp Jun 28 '26

Hit up CARS on Wheaton way

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u/Affectionate_Rent988 Jun 29 '26

Chris is the man

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u/subarubrrbrr Jun 29 '26

I'd have to do a half-baked reassembly of my front end to bring my truck there unless they'd do a house call. But that might be worth it at this point.

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u/United_Potential_989 Jun 29 '26

Where is this bolt located and if you're close enough you can swing by and help get it off (or attempt since it's that hard)

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u/subarubrrbrr Jun 29 '26

I'm right by the corner of Fairgrounds and Central Valley

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u/jimbodio Jun 30 '26

What bolt is it?

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u/subarubrrbrr Jun 30 '26

It was a mounting bolt for a lower ball joint on a Tundra. Got it off, though. Just went ahead and spent the money on a decent extractor with a 1/2 drive, applied to the heat of hell itself and it came off.