[AT] List quiet!! Everyone OK, or just waterlogged??? --> Lug bolts, JD A

[Brian VanDragt]

Remind us what you are trying to do again.  Are you taking the rims off the centers, or the hubs off the axle?  Heat whatever you want to expand.  Don't heat too long or everything will get to the same temperature, then you are back where you started.  If it doesn't come apart right away, the same thing will happen, the heat will soak into the parts you didn't want to expand.  If that happens, let it all cool off and try again later.

Brian


> On July 1, 2019 at 3:22 PM STEVE ALLEN <steveallen855 at centurytel.net> wrote:
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> 
> OK, per Dean's advice, I have gotten my hands on an acetylene torch, but I don't have any experience with one to speak of.
> 
> I would appreciate any hints anyone can offer about technique for getting the bolts out.  I have watched a couple YouTube videos, but they are focused on cutting, and cutting is what I *don't* want to do ;-)
> 
> Thanks for any pointers you might offer!
> 
> The "original" Steve Allen
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> The only real reliable solution is to use an acetylene torch(gas axe). That is the only way to get enough heat to handle on the mass of the cast iron. An alternative would be to slide the whole wheel assembly off the axle and take the whole assembly somewhere where there is adequate heat and air pressure.
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