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Old 12-22-06, 12:50 AM
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Re: rusty bolts removal tips

3 tricks I use pretty much every week if not day. I (if area alllows) heat up the part that the bolt is going into NEVER HEAT A BOLT UNLESS ITS LAST RESORT, it will soften the bolt and guarantee it will twist off.
OK cheap trick in a pinch a 6 dollar propane torch, a parrafin stick(candle, gulf was cut up)get it hot and wipe some wax on it and let it wick into the threads and keep heating and wiping for a time then give it a shot.
Another trick I use all the time is to heat the part with the hole in it to cherry read then strt placing synthetic oil on the threded area as it cools it will pull it in and the synthetic oil willlet it work at a hotter temp and still leave it hot to try and move it (and rust is soft metal that will become "ball bearings" on a microscopic level and help it release) and heat and oil and move it and keep it up and usually it works free but you do need good wrenches for this (the 7.99 set from big lots aint gonna cut it).
A third which I dont like but one of the techs at work will use his air hammer to deform the nut on innter tie rods to free them.My problem is that if the hole in the nut has an internal dent it leaves 2 valleys on each side and lets them lock up even worse and if the person doing it is stupid it can destroy AND lock the nut nearlt permanently.
Good Luck
Lee Abbel
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