These handy tools can cut a nut off from a bolt. A small tool is fitted around the nut and using a wrench a blade is forced into the side of the nut usually causing the nut to break. Sometimes it can even do so without destroying the bolt. This tool is commonly used when the nut head is stripped to the point a wrench is unusable and the bolt is a stud that is not easily replaceable.
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Often times when working on a Jeep a stripped nut means that the bolt is rusted so bad the nut and bolt have fused themselves. Most often it is best to cut off the nut and bolt and use a new one. Variations
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Nut
splitters come in several
varieties and sizes.
Two common types are like
the one shown above and the
one shown to the right.
The latter allows access to
the nut from the side.
For larger heavy duty
applications hydraulic
splitters are used.