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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
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