best way to remove rounded nut

[scooby-tc]

as title i have a nut that is virtually rounded,is there an easy way of removing it as space is quite tight

cheers

[Blue_Thunder]

You can get special socket tools which are made of hardened steel, the inside of them is a 'spiral of teeth'. You hammer the tool onto the nut/bolt, then as you start turning it anti-clockwise it bites in until the bolt finally starts to turn. Don't know the name of them, but Grizz used them on a nut i'd rounded.

[tanoga]

Try this

[Blue_Thunder]

Those are the beasties!

[Blue_Thunder]

Probably also worth mentioning that even these things do bite into the bolts, it's not so much that the bolt couldn't be used again (unless it's rounded of course!).