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screen printing => Equipment => Topic started by: tancehughes on December 15, 2014, 11:37:06 AM

Title: Squeegee help please
Post by: tancehughes on December 15, 2014, 11:37:06 AM

I can't get the rubber out of this squeegee. I've taken the nuts off the bolts, but these dudes are stuck. I have no clue how long they've been in there as these are the squeegees from the gauntlet II I just purchased.

Help!

Title: Re: Squeegee help please
Post by: tancehughes on December 15, 2014, 11:45:07 AM

Never mind I got it. Just beat the bolts out. Still tight but it works

Title: Re: Squeegee help please
Post by: Underbase37 on December 15, 2014, 11:23:42 PM

Sometimes these get over tightened & it permanently bends the metal in. Or worse yet the bolt shears off. ( this can really suck if the bolt is now bent & stuck.)

Murphy37

Title: Re: Squeegee help please
Post by: Frog on December 16, 2014, 09:44:18 AM

Quote from: tancehughes on December 15, 2014, 11:45:07 AM

Never mind I got it. Just beat the bolts out. Still tight but it works

Whenever "beating" on a bolt or machine screw, put the nut on it loosely to take the hits and reduce possibility of damaging threads.

Also, a C-clamp can be used as a removal press with a socket used as a collar over the head.