[AT] Rust magic?

[Mike Sloane]

When I worked for a New Holland dealership, they had some stuff that the 
mechanics used that has never failed me yet. They didn't keep it out on 
the shelves, and it didn't have any brand name, just "penetrating fluid" 
in English and French in an aerosol can - you had to ask the parts 
counterman for it. It foams when it hits the rust and really does 
penetrate amazingly well. In my experience with a fair amount of rusty 
Stuff, the only thing that comes close is Kroil, and all the rest of the 
magic potions come after that. But for those heavy tracks, you might 
want to apply some heat as well, not enough to melt anything or ruin any 
heat treatment, but enough to get the parts to expand and contract and 
break the "weld" formed by the rust.

Mike

Howard Fleming wrote:
> You might give Kroil a try (http://www.kanolabs.com/).  I have had 
> pretty good luck with it.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Howard
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> JParks wrote:
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>>I am looking for any suggestions or recommendations for a real rust buster.
>>
>>I have two sets of almost new TD6 track that sat on a machine for years and
>>all the joints were either really stiff or frozen.
>>
>>I have soaked all the joints w/ diesel, driven over them several times with
>>wheel loaders and even a track loader.  I presoaked them again with diesel
>>and with the use of an excavator boom to hold each link down in sequence,
>>and using the curl linkage, I hooked up to each link and was able to work
>>each joint back and forth a little before moving down the chain to the next
>>link.  It is still too tight!
>>
>>I talked to an old (like me) crawler man who has run a track shop for
>>decades (and he has "seen-it-all") and he does not think I should set them
>>on fire.  He has run across track like this before and he could not even
>>dismantle them without ruining or busting some of the individual links.
>>
>>What liquid rust breaker on the market will really work (vs. what is simply
>>marketed and does not work)!?
>>
>>Thanks for any help.
>>
>>John Parks
>>Boise, ID
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