Armor removal and armor screws

[motto (RIP)]

Lots of ideas to choose from here Gina. You can mix and match from dead blow hammers to blue tongue spanners, from shouting a curse to emptying your purse.
No golfer plays with only one club, they have a bag of them.

David

[Mrs Vampire]

The "No golfer plays with a single club" rule is spot on.

3/4 drive drag links hard to get so have one on back order from the states. ( snap on as advised by Steve)

In the meantime ground down a hex drive and now have thirteen of the 5/8 screws undone and only one of the 3/8.

A T bar with a couple of lengths of water pipe to give extra leverage has done the best so far.

The rattle gun is impossible to keep in for more than a few hits and it damages the slot dreadfully. I will take my Big Hitter rivet gun with a slot snap and give them all a good rattle.

I will also hit them with some heat. Heating is a bit of a hazard given the amount of oil , grease etc built up in the engine compartment and the risk of fire.

So far bit over half of the big screws on the rear armor. First time out since 1942 so far as I can tell.

Below reground home made drag link ( about five grinds for ten screws) I use grinding paste in the slot to assist with keeping the blade engaged. The screw has been polished to colour parade colour standard :/

[Lauren Child]

They were probably made to be used with an inertia wrench.

If you've not seen one it has a large rotating disc like a dumbbell weight that you spin down the length of the driver, building up inertia, and then it suddenly grips and transfers the inertia at the end.

[Mrs Vampire]

Ahhhh another club for the bag do you have a link to a photo??

[Lauren Child]

Originally Posted by Gina Vampire

Ahhhh another club for the bag do you have a link to a photo??

Here you go. This is an Atherton type Inertia wrench. Theres a 18" ruler for scale. It's a heavy lump which broke my other half's toe, hence not popular in our household... (a timely reminder to be careful with your tools)

[Lauren Child]

It comes with a kit of tools including a strap to go around you neck (to brace against your chest) and a stand for working on lower bolts.

[Lauren Child]

It has a 3/4 inch female square drive socket on the end for adaptors. This is one for 1/2" square drive socket and one for the kit of flat head and allen hex screwdriver ends, which are a special type (presumably hardened - it cautions you against losing them or making your own replacements). Hope that helps