Calgary Jeep Association
4x4 Related Groups => Tech Talk => Topic started by: BUKI on April 17, 2012, 09:20:19 AM
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What's the best one?? Want to adjust steering stops but crazy rust, also going to heat the crap out of them. Any suggestions? :)
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I've been using Release-All for a long time. Seems to work quite well and it's more bio friendly too
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50/50 mix of auto tranny fluid and acetone was rated better than any off the shelf product.
Vince
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^^I have never known a penetrating oil to ever really solve issues, they just make the doable easier. Off the shelf PB blaster is my favorite but I'm definitely going to give the tranny fluid and acetone a try...luckily not a lot of rust or stuck bolts on my 04 ;D
I should add the most useless one i tried was liquid wrench, but its not like I have an objective method of proving which oils are better
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I like sea foam or wurth products personally
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for off the shelf products, I've had good luck with both PB blaster and Liquid Wrench.
I actually prefer Liquid Wrench since it's non toxic/wont catch fire, so you can heat and spray at the same time all you want.
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50/50 mix of auto tranny fluid and acetone was rated better than any off the shelf product.
Vince
I'm gonna try this as I have both. I'm assuming you just brush it on??
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I'm gonna try this as I have both. I'm assuming you just brush it on??
old style squeeze ketchup bottle? ;D
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I'm gonna try this as I have both. I'm assuming you just brush it on??
I've never tried it but will mix it and use a refillable WD40 spray bottle to apply it.
Vince
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Heat it up with a torch. Take one of your wifes/girlfreinds/roommates fancy candles and melt it all over the threads. Spin out by hand.
We use this trick on rusted heavy equipment under caraige all the time.
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for off the shelf products, I've had good luck with both PB blaster and Liquid Wrench.
I actually prefer Liquid Wrench since it's non toxic/wont catch fire, so you can heat and spray at the same time all you want.
X2, both awesome products.
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WD 40 is the best one i've ever used.
i've never met a bolt i couldn't get out using WD 40...........
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WD 40 is the best one i've ever used.
i've never met a bolt i couldn't get out using WD 40...........
Hmm, I have not had such luck with good old wd. Its actually Water Dispacement (trial #40). But for cleaning up old metal it works great.
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Hmm, I have not had such luck with good old wd. Its actually Water Dispacement (trial #40). But for cleaning up old metal it works great.
i've heard many people have not had success with WD40. i've never had a problem with it. i would like to attribute it to the qualities of said product, but its most likely due to my massive muscles, and ability to input such forces to said bolt via ratchet.
all though air tools are nice............................. ;)
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No no. You just use your used car salesmen techniques to beat it into submission. ;)
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lol!
funny story, i sold that car thursday ;) you missed out!
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Fluid film works great
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Let's dig this back up for a minute, I came across this post on another forum:
Did a quick google search and found this.
BenBeenBanned@VWVortex said:
Some of you might appreciate this. Machinist's Workshop magazine tested penetrants for break out torque on rusted nuts.
They are below, as forwarded by an ex-student and professional machinist, Bud Baker.
They arranged a subjective test of all the popular penetrants with the control being the torque required to remove the nut from a "scientifically rusted" environment.
Penetrating oil ..... Average load
None ...................... 516 pounds
WD-40 ................... 238 pounds
PB Blaster ............... 214 pounds
Liquid Wrench ......... 127 pounds
Kano Kroil .............. 106 pounds
ATF-Acetone mix.......53 pounds
The ATF-Acetone mix was a "home brew" mix of 50 - 50 automatic transmission fluid and acetone. Note the "home brew" was better than any commercial product in this one particular test. Our local machinist group mixed up a batch and we all now use it with equally good results. Note also that "Liquid Wrench" is about as good as "Kroil" for about 20% of the price
Might make some up when my new shocks finally arrive.
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