

| Subject: | Re: Best method for remove seized exhaust nuts? |
| From: | Mike Riley |
| Date: | Mon, 8 Feb 2010 19:51:23 -0500 |
if you can get in with a dremel tool and a a small metal cutting wheel cut a slot in the flat and use a small sharp chisel to break the nut, once it breaks it will come off. alternatively use a product called crc freeze out. it is some fluid that freezes the parts to -20 below zero and lubricates them. this stuff is far superior to pb blaster and can be found at your flaps mike ps works in 2 to 3 mins > David, > > In almost 45 years of working on cars, I've never had a penetrating > oil of any kind solve a problem like you are having. > > If you have a good nut splitter try that. It has worked on rusted, > rounded exhaust nuts for me. I have been able to chisel and grind the > waste nut away and rechase the threads. > > Prepare to break the studs if the nut splitter doesn't work. > > Jim > > On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 5:46 PM, David Marshall > <mailinglist@fastforward.ca> wrote: > > I am trying to replace the turbo on my Syncro TriStar.=A0 It it held on > > to the manifold with three 13mm nuts, these nuts go on to studs which go > > into the manifold.=A0 I really don't want to break the studs.=A0 I > > can put enough pressure on the socket where I know if I go much further > > the stud will break. > > > > Three days of penetrating oil > > "3-IN-ONE 'High Performance Penetrant'" and no with luck other > > than my garage stinks. > > > > I've tried the tighten a bit and > > then loosen which seems to work with allen bolts and light tapping with > > the impact gun... they're still in place. > > > > What should I do > > next? > > > > David Marshall > > VW Adventure Driver and BMW > > Adventure Rider > > > > HasenWerk > > http://www.hasenwerk.ca > > > > ------------------------------ > > End of vanagon Digest - 7 Feb 2010 to 8 Feb 2010 - Special issue (#2010-121) > ****************************************************************************
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