The Rusty Nut Bible: How to undo seized, damaged or broken nuts, bolts, studs and screws.

This was without a doubt the most confusing book I've ever purchased. I have technical manuals and DIY books all over my garage, and this thing is just useless. I don't know what on earth possessed me to purchase it, but I should have known better. The book is fragmented and choppy, it doesn't make any sense at all. The seller was great and the book itself is in great condition, but oh my god the info itself is absolutely useless.

The book seemed interesting what with dealing with seized fasteners. Figured I'd chance it as who knows what you'll learn. Unfortunately it is written in British English rather than American English and rather annoying with spanners and other Euro talk rather than American descriptions.Learn much? Not really. They forgot one of the most basic of removal methods. Slightly tighten the rusty nut before attempting removal. Off course that would be after many useful squirts of your choice of liquid rust buster lube.You can really consider doing what you do rather than look for new ideas here. Remember to clean the dirt off, rust off, lube, lube and then lube again. Tighten a bit then work at it. Check to see that nothing is applying a twist or pressure to the nut/fastener and if so and if possible eliminate that force.Good fitting sockets. That is good fitting sockets applied firmly an din a straight line with a long enough breaker handle.

Most of the book is a systemic romp through the inventory of tools one can or ought to have at their disposal. Every page, practically, sends you back to the Rusty Nut website, leaving the impression that the book is somehow just a partial, incomplete resource. What's very good, however, is the step-wise, almost militant, process the author advises, escalating the degree of ferocity contra rusty nuts with each step. Lots of scattered tidbits of advice, history, and technical scattered throughout the book. I'm keeping it handy in my home workshop bookcase. Worthwhile purchase, but with room for editorial improvements in the next edition.

Covers the basics, but recommending tools like vice grips for corroded nuts and bolts; not the best... Also, recommends 12 point Sockets, which probably should never go anywhere near a frozen nut.. Doesn't mention advanced process is like MD/ EDM electro arc...

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A fantastic guide to everything you could ever possibly want to know about removing bolts and screws - I have used this book many times since I bought it, mostly recently to remove several rusted bolts from an old Hills Hoist during a garden renovation. Descriptions are straightforward and easy to read, with a great line of humor running through so that it doesn't get too heavy on the technical side. If you own an old house like I do, or even an old car or anything else with a bunch of old bolts or screws, I'd definitely recommend picking up this book - it's something that you'll refer to time and again, and will save you a whole lot of frustration.

My teenager Loved this!

Small subject...needed advice...useful

Stuff rusts and that's an inescapable fact, and when it's stuff you own, but want to take apart, it will be the bane of your life for the duration.Snapping a stuck fastener is one of the most disheartening situations you're likely to have happen to you (outside of personal tragedy of course), I mean, lets be honest, you're already having a 'bad' day.Instead of going fishing, you're crawling about on something which has let you down or needs vital servicing. And during the course of that routine work, you get stuck, or rather the nut does, and now you can't get it off or any further on with the job.Chas goes through all the likely 'stuck fastener' scenarios you're likely to come across, and the many ingenious ways of overcoming the stuck fastener.Hopefully, using techniques you'll learn in this book, you'll get yourself out of trouble by removing said stuck nut, get the truck back together in time to catch the fading light and last fish of the day.Good work Chas, loved it and learned quite a bit, even though I've had my own fair share of 'stuck nuts'!

Having been an amateur mechanic all my adult life, I thought I knew everything there was know about freeing seized nuts & bolts. Not only was I wrong, but I seem to be lacking many of the tools that the author lists in detail and logical order. The Rusty Nut Bible is packed with numerous rescue techniques, accompanied by wit and good humour. I found a practical application within days of buying it, when a visiting friend had a puncture in the middle of nowhere and couldn't get the spare wheel out of her boot, due to a severely corroded bolt (and floor). Once I'd removed and changed the wheel - casually referring to the book in the process - she asked me to take her in the bushes, then marry her the following day. Overall, this is a very useful book, which should save much time, energy and many grazed knuckles. I'm giving it 4 stars, as it could do with some attention to the punctuation and layout.

Really excellent, fully detailed and accurate. The book is cheap, the expense is discovering you need better quality tools, but to be fair it describes many disaster saving tips that do not need special tools.

Good fun book, not included inductive heating yet (and that is amazingly good), but still full of tried and tested techniques; always something for a reader to learn. Excellent advice for the inexperienced.

An excellent book that starts with the theory of why things work, or don't in many cases. This work is very useful and helps you to understand why you may be causing more problems for yourself. Running through the whole book is safety, safety, safety. The second half of the book covers a sliding scale of advice from the simple, non-destructive tasks, through slightly more destructive tasks to all out war on the stuck items. There's excellent parts on tools, again from sockets at one end of the scale to clothing, tools and onto air compressor style hammers at the other end.