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Re: Rusted bolts

To: Art Pfenninger <ch155@freenet.buffalo.edu>
Subject: Re: Rusted bolts
From: Rene van Maanen <renevm@support.neth.hp.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 14:00:39 +0200
Hi Art,

I haven't seen this in Europe yet, but your message sounds convincing!

Can you give more details: brand, type/colour of bottle, manufacturer,
etc. I can then check at the local car stores and buy some.

Thanks.

Rene

Art Pfenninger wrote:
> 
>         For those that haven't tried PB Blaster yet get some! I have yet
> to try it on a rusted part that it hasn't worked. Over the weekend I was
> replacing the cv boot on the every day car only to find that the nuts that
> had to be removed were rusted solid. No amount of force would remove them.
> I even tried a 4 foot cheater pipe attached to the end of a breaker bar
> and the only thing that I accomplished was to break the 1/2" drive socket.
> I decided I needed heat so went down to get some Oxygen for the torch as
> well as a new socket. Before leaving I gave the bolts a shoot of PB
> Blaster. I came back an hour later and thought I would give it a try
> before hooking up the torch. With hardly any effort all three nuts came
> off. The job took about 4 hours, one actually doing work and three wasting
> time on the rusted parts.
> ...Art

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