Bearskinner
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Without having to cut them to remove them, it’s nice to have a small oxyacet tip to heat up a nut and bolt combo to get it apart. Helping a buddy do some work on a 20 year old Toyota 4x4.
A dab of anti seize goes a long way in case there is ever a next time you need to get it apart.any nut that is where you can get a big ole oxy/acy torch at will come loose. Had several on my Case 310 crawler final drive cases that had to be heated red hot TWICE before they came off! ---- will put new nuts back on when it goes back together. studs are fine, so just need new nuts!
How small of a set up do you use? What size would be the most economical without being too small or big?Without having to cut them to remove them, it’s nice to have a small oxyacet tip to heat up a nut and bolt combo to get it apart. Helping a buddy do some work on a 20 year old Toyota 4x4.
Would guess something like Lincoln's Port-a-Torch kit, I have the Bernzomatic Cutting/Welding/Brazing Torch Kit, and can rarely get the flame right. when I do, the heat just isn't there.How small of a set up do you use? What size would be the most economical without being too small or big?
I have had good luck with them with rusted or crossed threaded nuts on automotive or trailer suspension components.nut splitters are a waste of money-----they wont fit in the places you need to get a nut off of. ----- most of the ones I have to deal with are hard to even get the torch on them!
As for torch size, I use linde ws acty. tank and the biggest oxy. tank they have to go with it. Torch is standard Victor style head.---- heats fast which is what you want! slow heating can damage nearby parts PLUS you need fast heat in small place to shock the nuts loose.! slow heat wont do that so is a waste of time!
I have had good luck with them with rusted or crossed threaded nuts on automotive or trailer suspension components.
Has to be the difference between CA rust and the rust you get.That’s precisely the bolts that usually need to be cut off with a cut of four wheel or torch!
In my area of CA, we get all 4 seasons, we just don't salt/brine our roads for ice, when we do, it just the bridges, so unlike those areas that do, whatever rust we get here is limited to just that caused from rain water, or a leaking battery. There are areas that are wanting to use salt over just sand, not sure if they got the OK for it or not. The worst rust, and by that I mean for CA, would come from the coastal areas, then that is usually just sheet metal issues.I’ll agree with that. Pretty much everything here is 4x4 or all wheel drive for a reason. 2 wheel drive trucks don’t do well. Calif is mostly brown and dry, I live in a rain Forest, and we get lots of snow, there’s 2 seasons. Green then white.