Heat and Candle Wax


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Posted by Paul (in NY) on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 at 21:42:41 :

In Reply to: Rusted Bolts posted by John Pierce on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 at 21:23:04 :

I have had very good luck with heat and a candle !

Heat the bolt/nut until its just hot enough to make the candle wax melt and run. Heat the fastener and then tough it with the candle. Let it cool a little and do it again. The candle wax will suck into the joint and in 'many' cases allow you to loosen it in the normal manner. If you get the fastener so hot the wax smokes and burns your to hot and no wax is penetrating into the threaded joint, its just burning off.

On small fasteners a propane torch will probably do the job. On larger fasteners, MAPP will heat it quicker. I cant tell you how fast propane or MAPP will heat as I use a Oxy/ACET torch for my heating.

You can also buy Nut Splitters at good Auto Supply Stores. The tool goes over the nut and then you crank the sharp cutting wedge into the nut with a wrench. The nut splits on one side and can ten be easily removed.

Since you ask about Propane or MAPP, I gather you dont have Oxy/Acet and could cut them off.

Paul



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