Removing stuck fasteners

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Some times a home made impact wrench will work, get a cheap wrench that fits tight and hit it with a hammer watching carefully that it isn't coming off the fastener. It's important when loosening this way to use a tight fitting wrench as a loose fitting one will round the bolt head.
 
Some times a home made impact wrench will work, get a cheap wrench that fits tight and hit it with a hammer watching carefully that it isn't coming off the fastener. It's important when loosening this way to use a tight fitting wrench as a loose fitting one will round the bolt head.
  
==The hot and cold method==
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This method uses alternating heating and cooling. The resulting expansion and contraction is thought to break a fastener loose from the grip of rust.
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==Metric Method==
 
==Metric Method==

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