What do you do when...

Mark L. Chang mchang at ee.washington.edu
Fri Dec 19 17:23:51 EST 2003


if heat is an option, torch! heat it up GOOD.
don't forget torque. grab a cheater bar and have at it. careful of
stripping and breaking things, but nothing removes brake caliper carrier
bolts like big 6ft breaker bars.

On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 04:49:39PM -0500 or thereabouts, Doug Yoder wrote:
> ...parts just won't come apart?  I have a hose fitting that seems to have
> welded itself together, for all I can do to it (~120 ft-lb of torque,
> still won't budge).  I have tried liquid wrench, tapping with a hammer,
> vise + socket, and nothing works.  Anyone have any magic cures?  Maybe
> heat would do something?
> 
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