- 1. [Fot] Recalcentrant Bolt!!! (score: 1)
- Author: "Mark Eginton" <mee23@cornell.edu>
- Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 18:33:14 -0400
- I hate being beaten by equipment but here I am having tried everything short of a cutting torch to break lose that @$%*ing crank bolt where behind the fan on an old TR2 engine. Tried pneumatic and ha
- /html/fot/2007-03/msg00104.html (6,500 bytes)
- 2. Re: [Fot] Recalcentrant Bolt!!! (score: 1)
- Author: "Tim Murphy" <timmurph@fastbytes.com>
- Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 21:13:26 -0500
- If you have access to "Kroil" try soaking it in that or spray on and let sit overninght. Somethimes the stuff is truly miraculous. It is an industrial penetrating oil. A nearby shop may have some you
- /html/fot/2007-03/msg00107.html (8,055 bytes)
- 3. Re: [Fot] Recalcentrant Bolt!!! (score: 1)
- Author: "John Herrera" <jrherrera90@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 22:40:33 -0400
- Let us not forget The Holy Trinity as it applies to Getting Triumph Bolts The Hammer The Torch And The Aero Kroil Amen _______________________________________________ Fot mailing list Fot@autox.team.
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- 4. Re: [Fot] Recalcentrant Bolt!!! (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <billb@bnj.com>
- Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 19:05:59 -1000
- Before you round the thing out completely, get a good 1/2" six point impact socket of the right size and use a 1/2" air impact wrench. Soak the nut in penetrating oil, crank the gun to max, and have
- /html/fot/2007-03/msg00111.html (10,777 bytes)
- 5. Re: [Fot] Recalcentrant Bolt!!! (score: 1)
- Author: "SHANE Ingate" <hottr6@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:01:53 -0400
- I've seen some sort of "electrical disintegration" process that was used to disintegrate an outer bearing shell in my Guzzi gearbox. Sorry, I don't know the correct terminology or even how it works,
- /html/fot/2007-03/msg00114.html (9,255 bytes)
- 6. Re: [Fot] Recalcentrant Bolt!!! (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:04:10 -0800
- It's called Electrical Discharge Machining, or EDM for short. I hope to build one for myself someday, as it sounds like a very handy thing to have when you need one (imagine being able to machine a
- /html/fot/2007-03/msg00115.html (8,957 bytes)
- 7. Re: [Fot] Recalcentrant Bolt!!! (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <billb@bnj.com>
- Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 06:30:38 -1000
- It would be a pretty big or specialized shop to have EDM stuff. It's a nut. It will come off. If worse comes to worst, use a chisel against the edge of the flats. It helps if you make a nick with a s
- /html/fot/2007-03/msg00116.html (10,936 bytes)
- 8. Re: [Fot] Recalcentrant Bolt!!! (score: 1)
- Author: BillDentin@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 12:49:02 EDT
- 'Righty Tighty...Lefty Loosey" Bill (Damdinger) ** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. _____________________________________________
- /html/fot/2007-03/msg00117.html (8,711 bytes)
- 9. Re: [Fot] Recalcentrant Bolt!!! (score: 1)
- Author: "Kas Kastner" <kaskas@cox.net>
- Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:20:29 -0700
- Tight fasteners, like that, do respond to a sharp impact from a BBFH and a large diameter big drift. Never Be beaten by Equipment Kas Kastner -- Original Message -- From: Bill Babcock To: SHANE Ingat
- /html/fot/2007-03/msg00118.html (11,401 bytes)
- 10. Re: [Fot] Recalcentrant Bolt!!! (score: 1)
- Author: "Tim Murphy" <timmurph@fastbytes.com>
- Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:39:44 -0500
- The Mechanical Engineer's mantra!! Except when it's a left hand thread like on water pump pulley we once had to remove. The manual was a little "unclear", to say the least. We had it on there pretty
- /html/fot/2007-03/msg00120.html (9,790 bytes)
- 11. Re: [Fot] Recalcentrant Bolt!!! (score: 1)
- Author: "John Herrera" <jrherrera90@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:09:05 -0400
- That's when you say, "It's always good practice to tighten it before you loosen it." To save face. John _______________________________________________ Fot mailing list Fot@autox.team.net http://aut
- /html/fot/2007-03/msg00121.html (8,523 bytes)
- 12. Re: [Fot] Recalcentrant Bolt!!! (score: 1)
- Author: "Mark Eginton" <mee23@cornell.edu>
- Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:46:15 -0400
- Yes I had a broken tap removed from an aluminum Vintage Harley head without destroying the aluminum threads using EDM. Its amazing but the peice must fit in the machine, usually bathed in dielectric
- /html/fot/2007-03/msg00123.html (12,517 bytes)
- 13. Re: [Fot] Recalcentrant Bolt!!! (score: 1)
- Author: Susan Kahler <spitfiresuz@141.com>
- Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:46:52 -0600
- That's what I always thought... ...until I tried to loosen the lug nuts on one side of my '63 Dodge Custom 880, many years ago! Susan :) -- ** PCMCIA People Can t Memorize Computer Industry Acronym
- /html/fot/2007-03/msg00124.html (8,549 bytes)
- 14. Re: [Fot] Recalcentrant Bolt!!! (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Prettyleaf <jprettyleaf@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 17:34:09 -0700 (PDT)
- Well now I see the problem. I never could get the front pulley bolt off of any engine with the pan on. You gotta take the pan off then place a tuba-4 between the first crank throw and a stout portio
- /html/fot/2007-03/msg00126.html (8,885 bytes)
- 15. Re: [Fot] Recalcentrant Bolt!!! (score: 1)
- Author: "Fred & Mary Hodgson" <stlnyc@msn.com>
- Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:29:56 -0600
- If the engine is still in the car with everything is hooked up & operating, adapt an 11/8" impact socket to a 3/4" drive T handle (using a reducer). Put the socket on the crank bolt so that it's jus
- /html/fot/2007-03/msg00127.html (12,534 bytes)
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