[Spridgets] Wax Trick didn't work . . .

[Dave Yealy]

The best idea I can come up with is find a MAC truck and buy a stud 
remover with a 3/8 drive with what ever size stud you are trying to 
remove. You won't believe how well they work.


Dave


At 08:46 PM 6/29/2009, you wrote:
>--- On Mon, 6/29/09, Lester <oldsaabguy at comcast.net> wrote: Idea is to heat
>the are to warm enough for wax to melt and wick in.
>
>OK, the garage has a nice Vanilla smell now, but the stud is still there. I
>can see how it would work in a lot of instances, but this seems to be too
>close a tolerance to happen in this case.
>
>I think my main problem is getting a grip on the now-stripped stud.  My Vice
>Grips tend to fall into two categories: The first group are so large that the
>jaws are angled too steeply to grip at this small diameter.  The second
>smaller group are good for getting on the stud, but the teeth are too small to
>dig in effectively and the handles are too short to get any torque if I did
>get them gripped...  And I cant get enough squeeze on the non-locking pliers
>to do anything except further polish the stud.
>
>I really don't trust my ability to cut it off and drill it out by hand.
>
>More ideas?
>
>  - David Booker