Subject	Heating is very common and a great way to get nuts off
Posted by	Joe(NoVA) on April 28, 2006 at 10:41 AM
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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	especially for exhaust bolts/nuts. The best way to do it is to heat up one side of the nut (looking at the nut, only the left or the right side) until it is red hot. Stick an impact on it and it'll spin right off. ********************************************************* Joe Sport 530bb/Inconel AIM: hoyatiger81 510rwhp/520rwtq at 23 psi "You probably never even got you hands dirty working on a car. Take care toolbox!" --djtz1
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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