oxy/acetylene heating Q
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04/14/20 10:58 AM
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I have some rear shackles that I need to remove from the leafs & the nuts are solid tight & I dont want to break em off & ruin it. My nut cracker is broken so can I heat the nut with the hot wrench cherry red then remove it or will that weaken the bolt? thank you for your time
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Re: oxy/acetylene heating Q
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
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I worried that if I heat the nut cherry red that it will weaken the bolt that it is on. Am I worried over nothing?
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Re: oxy/acetylene heating Q
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Fuel tank is right there Robert, so be careful.
Just heat the nut, not the bolt.
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Re: oxy/acetylene heating Q
[Re: moparx]
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either one inhaled ain't good for you ! i use the heat/wax, birthday candle, crayon trick all the time. that works GREAT ! i removed all the tiny slot screws from the cowl vent screen from my 1933 dodge "humpback" panel delivery project using this method, and half of them had the screwdriver slot in the screw head almost rusted away. Put the fire to the flat side of the nut until it shows some color and spin the nut off. Don't use your fingers... lol. If it doesn't go well, new shackles aren't that expensive. Kevin
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Re: oxy/acetylene heating Q
[Re: rickraw]
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Maybe you should consider getting a new nut splitter?
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Re: oxy/acetylene heating Q
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PB Blaster is a good product to help get stuff apart...if it's salvageable. Sometimes new parts are the correct answer.
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Re: oxy/acetylene heating Q
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I'll get on it, I appreciate the advice/help. Thank you!
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Re: oxy/acetylene heating Q
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Sometimes, two heat cycles will work. I used to work at and asphalt plant and most of it was bolted together. Everything rusted. We would heat the nut to the point that some color appeared and then let it air cool. Then we would heat it up again and put a wrench on it. I don't know why it worked, it just did.
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Re: oxy/acetylene heating Q
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I couldn't find a nut splitter on hand locally so I will try that
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Re: oxy/acetylene heating Q
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I had a stuck nut on a shackle and it was rounded over. I took my MIG and welded two wings on the nut so a ViceGrip had some thing to grab on to. This got the nut real hot. While still very warm I sprayed PB Buster on the threads, let cool and it spun off real quick. Then just replaced the nut with a stainless steel one.
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