

| Subject: | Re: Frozen axle nuts |
| From: | John Rodgers |
| Date: | Mon, 16 Nov 1998 18:42:07 -0500 |
-- [ From: John Rodgers * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] -- Todd Last wrote: > If your axle nuts are frozen.........!!>> Try some Marvels Mystery Oil (Not the top lube stuff....but the genuine penetrating oil -- Available throught ACE Hardware Stores and others...... usual disclaimers!!) on those axle nuts. That has worked for me at times when nothing else would. If that doesn't do it, try heating them, then apply candle wax to the edge where the nut and threads contact. As the metal cools it sucks the wax down into the threads. Makes them slick. One final thing to try. Once I had a problem nut on an airplane. I discharged a CO2 extinguisher on it and dropped the temperature of the nut and the bolt way down. Then I rapidly heated the nut, and put turning pressure on it while there was still temperature differential between the two. It worked! But was kinda expensive, what with having to recharge the fire extinguisher.! Good luck. John Rodgers '88 GL Driver
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