Subject	I have had great luck with heating things up slightly then
Posted by	Unluky (MO) on April 27, 2006 at 2:35 PM
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In Reply To	Wouldn't heating the plug make it expand and be tighter? (n/m) posted by Woody75 (Denver) on April 27, 2006 at 11:50 AM
Message	tossing cold water on it. Many times you hear the "ping" and it is easy to remove after than. I would NOT do it on a tranny filled with fluid or on any parts where the hardness is an extreme factor. Great for tie rod ends, etc. No need to get them molten, just warmed up a bit. Both parts will not expand and contract the same amounts and it usually breaks free subborn parts very well. I usually use this as a last result just because I do not like putting a torch on a car unless I have to!
Follow Ups	quick question - red TT (STL) 11:48:41 04/27/06 Wouldn't heating the plug make it expand and be tighter? (n/m) - Woody75 (Denver) 11:50:47 04/27/06 Yes - Technomancer 11:54:32 04/27/06 Will put some more blaster on there and try again. Thanks. (n/m) - red TT (STL) 11:58:15 04/27/06 No offense, but PB Blaster should be standard operating... - Kenny 12:04:20 04/27/06 I know, I love the stuff, but its been on for 1/2 hour or so - red TT (STL) 12:10:25 04/27/06 I guess so, any suggestions then? I have been beating on it - red TT (STL) 11:57:01 04/27/06 Well if heating expands the plug... - Kenny 12:03:13 04/27/06 I wish I did have some air tools, but no, I don't. - red TT (STL) 12:08:28 04/27/06 Impact tools will likely deform the plug, they are soft. (n/m) - YugoBernie (NoVA) 12:12:10 04/27/06 Er, yeah, that's what I said. - Kenny 12:21:34 04/27/06 lefty loosey, righty tighty - SactoTodd 12:13:02 04/27/06 waiting for it to cool is when it gets loose. - Spee 12:38:16 04/27/06 I have had great luck with heating things up slightly then - Unluky (MO) 14:35:11 04/27/06 The water tossing is optional. - RSR 15:54:03 04/27/06 Heating is very common and a great way to get nuts off - Joe(NoVA) 10:41:41 04/28/06 How high is your car off the ground? I used a - SnowManZ(aka snowie) 12:05:09 04/27/06 mine was also in there real good. i put a pipe on the - maxboost83(WA) 12:11:26 04/27/06 ^^^^ I was going to recommend this, too - - TT XTZ 12:29:34 04/27/06 I just threw a breaker bar on there, and with me pushing off - red TT (STL) 12:29:44 04/27/06 Its also sitting in there at a really bad angle to use a - red TT (STL) 12:34:11 04/27/06 Liquid Wrench (n/m) - aquariuscsm 13:04:02 04/27/06 had the same problem... - Moxie 13:18:51 04/27/06 heat up around the bolt, but not the bolt itself. - rufflez 13:23:24 04/27/06 Bad idea, heat won't make the surrounding case pull away... - CaliguyPurdue 13:33:08 04/27/06 It's stripped. Now what? - red TT (STL) 13:39:56 04/27/06 ouch.. man, that sucks. Take it to a shop. (n/m) - Moxie 13:52:38 04/27/06 AAMCO is going to get it out on sat. Thanks for all the - red TT (STL) 13:53:18 04/27/06 Need to employ a torch. Are you sure you are turning it the - RSR 13:54:00 04/27/06 Re: Need to employ a torch. Are you sure you are turning it - mousersix (San Antonio) 15:03:29 04/27/06 Don't think so. - RSR 15:51:27 04/27/06 Striped as in the head of the plug or the threads? (n/m) - Unluky (MO) 14:36:29 04/27/06 The head. AAMCO said $20 to get it out, so I'll most likely - red TT (STL) 15:13:51 04/27/06 here's what I did when that happened to me... - mousersix (San Antonio) 15:04:35 04/27/06 I already lowered it down so I can't look at it, but if you - red TT (STL) 15:16:04 04/27/06 we did that on my friends s13 as well (n/m) - myzislow 15:37:47 04/27/06 Tip... - DVDBURN (MD) 15:40:32 04/27/06 Thanks for the tip and pic, but that wouldnt work for the - red TT (STL) 16:50:19 04/27/06 Use the tip edge of the chisel blade and nick at it till it - DVDBURN (MD) 18:16:06 04/27/06
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