Old dog, new trick...
I had a 1" height adjustment nut on one of the trailer support
stanchions that was really rusted on. I would have used my acetylene
torch to heat the nut up to get it off, but I never do that right - I
either under heat the nut or over heat it - it's not something that I
have a great deal of expertise at.So, I took it down to my friend Harold down at the local tractor
restoration/repair shop who gave it to his long time mechanic. The
guy took a look at it, got out a five pound dead blow hammer and
smacked the nut on all five sides using an anvil as a base. I'll be danged if that nut loosened right up and with a moderate
amount of effort and some PB Blaster, came off enough to use a wire
brush to get the worst of the rust off, rethreaded the nut using some
Never-Seize (best anti-seize compound in the freakin' world) - presto,
that part of the job done. I never would have thought of whacking it with a deal blow hammer to
loosen up the rust. Old dog, new trick. |
Shortwave
Oct 6
2005
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