Exhaust Pipe Removal
#1
Exhaust Pipe Removal
Is there advantage to heating rusty nuts and bolts connecting the exhaust pipes to the manifold prior to trying to break them loose? I have wire brushed around them as best I could and used lots of WD40 for the last three weeks? Thanks!
#4
The best voodoo juices for rust are
1) 50/50 acetone and ATF
2) Candle wax
Plus heat
but both are flammable also, so if heat ALONE will do it, that's great.
Heat the female part red hot
Keep the male part cooler whether via ice or an air blast or even flameless torch oxygen.
Then quickly apply the power tool, gently so as to not break the bolt/stud. You have to act quickly before the heat equalizes and the shrinkage/ growth differential is lost.
1) 50/50 acetone and ATF
2) Candle wax
Plus heat
but both are flammable also, so if heat ALONE will do it, that's great.
Heat the female part red hot
Keep the male part cooler whether via ice or an air blast or even flameless torch oxygen.
Then quickly apply the power tool, gently so as to not break the bolt/stud. You have to act quickly before the heat equalizes and the shrinkage/ growth differential is lost.
#5
All the above are good suggestions and should get the job done. If they don't, and if the female part is an accessible nut, use a splitter on the nut. It's way better than breaking the male part. Clean up whatever is salvageable, and use non-corrosive replacement fasteners and/or anti-seize compound on the return trip.
#7
oh, where stuff is sold?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/SNAP-...item2ee1fb0257
this ain't rocket surgery
Search, google, amazon, epay....
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/SNAP-...item2ee1fb0257
this ain't rocket surgery
Search, google, amazon, epay....
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