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To: Paul R.

With a torch, heat that end of the bolt until cherry red. Tap on it a little, then loosen as usual.


12 posted on 03/20/2017 9:13:58 AM PDT by Migraine (Diversity is great- -- until it happens to YOU.)
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To: Migraine; Paul R.

I second Paul’s fix. I had bolts rusted onto a caliper on my old 69 Mercury. A couple minutes with a torch, a few taps with a hammer, and an impact wrench for good measure, and it broke free real quick. Wear protection or you’ll wind up with white-hot rust and slag on your skin which doesn’t feel good.


51 posted on 03/20/2017 10:06:26 AM PDT by rarestia (Repeal the 17th Amendment and ratify Article the First to give the power back to the people!)
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To: Migraine

When I was millwrighting we would heat a frozen bolt cherry red like you say and then dump water on it and hit it with an impact gun. If that didn’t work we would torch them.


148 posted on 06/21/2017 5:34:16 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (I'm tired of the Cult of Clinton. Wish she would just pass out the Koolaide)
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