[VAC] Re: removal of black water tank shroud

["Dr. Gerald N. Johnson, electrical engineer" <geraldj@xxxxxxxx>]

I've taken bolts out of places where the bolt was only available in a
slot slightly wider than the bolt so I had to cut that bolt (3/4"
diameter) on a diagonal. Between the slot in that tractor axle casting
and the adjacent brake plate there would not have been room for a guard.
I do occasionally use the die grinder as a grinder so with the mandrel I
get double duty from one tool.

Yes, once a wheel wears down some it looses cutting effectivity and
seems to wear more rapidly than the steel.

In many cases around old farm machinery, the cost of wheels has been
less than the cost of the replacement bolts. Though it did take a lot of
small grinding tips to grind out a 5/8" bolt frozen in place and broken
off flush with loctite and with an easy-out stuck in its middle in a
$800 casting.

Often a bolt cutter should be faster, but I've not found the bolt cutter
that survives many nuts.

Gerald J.