Re: Stuck F-20N - What Next?

Posted by The Red Baron on October 20, 2003 at 18:35:46 from (152.163.252.227):

In Reply to: Stuck F-20N - What Next? posted by Tony on October 20, 2003 at 09:47:36:

I had a look at those picture after sending that other reply. They look a little worse than I expected. You may in fact have to replace some of them but don't just simply remove them all without checking. I too have an F-20 I am ready to begin work on just as soon as I can get a proper place to store my F-12.

After reading your post I had to wince at the thought of anyone bashing apart a manifold with a hammer because the nuts were stuck. Those nuts were almost certainly bronze and are meant to combat rust. I'm sure you could have gotten them off if you had used the proper approach. I your penchant for using a hammer is going to cause you much grief whether or not the piece to be removed is shot or not. Next time take a PROPANE torch and heat that nut for 3-4 minutes...the expansion will work wonders. If it is unusually stubborn spray the bolt but not the nut with something like WD-40 to cool and shrink it. Next work that nut with a good half inch socket a little out and then tighten it back a little. If you don't twist it back and it is full of rust you risk torquing the stud in half and then you really have problems. Constantly working it out a little and then back in not quite as much as you loosened it. Keep spraying it with liquid wrench to wash away the loose rust that will begin accumulating ahead of the loosening nut. You surely don't want to get it jammed in the threads. I have found very few nuts that I was not able to remove this way.

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