Wow, the ideas are coming fast and furious.
Quote by CHAUSSON
Can you borrow a nut gun and have you room to operate one? Normally if you hit the head of the bolt a couple of clatters of a hammer it helps, but in your case probably not if the base is turning
I cannot borrow a nut gun, but my socket wrench gives me plenty of torque if only the base would stop spinning Pat.
Quote by Bounder
Try using a claw hammer to wedge the bolt head and insert apart while turning the bolt.
Are the inserts pressed into the metal or is there something holding them behind the pressed metal piece?
I see what you're saying Bounder. I can try but don't think i'll manage to insert the claw in between the two. As to how it is put together, well the close up pic of the bolt sitting inside the blue piece, which sits inside the white piece, which is somehow mounted inside the plastic tank, is really all I can say. It seems a bit elaborate. Obviously the shield was removed for that pic.
Quote by Daffysparks
Would it be possible to drill completely through the white plastic into the blue and put a retaining pin through them to stop the plastic turning, even use the pin, held with a pliers to stop it turning.
I was thinking something along the same lines David. Although i didn't think about going through the white piece, just through the blue piece. your suggestion is probably better. It might give me more of an anchor.
Quote by petie
I would try to use a pair of spade end crimpers,[the flat ones] to hold the blue part and then try to loosen the bolt,I have done this before in similar circumstances .
I was trying to think of a 'pliers with teeth' type of tool. That sounds like its worth a go.
Good suggestions. I think Ill try Petie and Daffys suggestions before I do anything else. Cheers.
EDIT: Just to add to how I think it is all put together, I did wonder if the blue piece might actually be some kind of spacer, rather than a threaded retainer. In which case maybe it is of no consequence that it spins with the bolt. But if that is the case, the bolt still isn't coming out. It just spins forever.