

| Subject: | Re: Frozen axle nuts |
| From: | Tyrone Greene |
| Date: | Mon, 16 Nov 1998 22:16:36 -0500 |
John Rodgers wrote: > > 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.! That's the enlisted man's field chiller for a cool six. Tyrone Big Pine Key, FL 87 GL Syncro etc...
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