Solution To Bolt Hole Front Weight Mounting Bracket Plugged With Dirt

Solution To Bolt Hole Front Weight Mounting Bracket Plugged With Dirt FARM SHOP Handy Hints David Nordhus Seneca Kansas: “I couldn’t add front weights on my tractor because the bolt hole in the mounting bracket was plugged with dirt and I couldn’t screw the mounting bolt in tight Using a screwdriver I was able to clean some dirt out of the bolt hole and casting nut but not the threads I could have used a commercial thread-cutting die to clean out the threads but my newer-style tractor uses metric bolts and there’s no store in my area that carries metric dies “To solve the problem I used my circular saw to cut 1-in long grooves into the bolt threads at three different places cutting the grooves slightly deeper than the threads As a result any dirt will stay in the grooves and not in the threads The grooves don’t affect the performance of the bolt at all and they give the dirt somewhere to go ”

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