Big Brian
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you are talking about Kroil.
but that wont touch this
about the only thing that will work is to get the ear of the manifold (not the bolt head!) cherry red hot with a torch and pound a socket on it and SLOWLY work it out by hand vibrating the nut back and forth. If I could not get a socket to grab it then I had stud remover sockets, they looked like a spark plug socket but had cam rollers on the inside, when you put the socket over the stud the rollers would grab the stud.
I used to do this all the time when I worked at a muffler shop. I would cut the tube off with the torch and heat the ear of the manifold from all angles. avoiding the stud and nut
not a fun job. seemed like I never charged enough either
the other way we would do it is if broke off after trying this was to actually blow the stud right out of the head with a torch. That worked the opposite, I would let the head cool then put the torch right up to the stud and blast it out with the oxy torch. But that only worked with cast iron heads.
brings back memories. None of them good lol
but that wont touch this
about the only thing that will work is to get the ear of the manifold (not the bolt head!) cherry red hot with a torch and pound a socket on it and SLOWLY work it out by hand vibrating the nut back and forth. If I could not get a socket to grab it then I had stud remover sockets, they looked like a spark plug socket but had cam rollers on the inside, when you put the socket over the stud the rollers would grab the stud.
I used to do this all the time when I worked at a muffler shop. I would cut the tube off with the torch and heat the ear of the manifold from all angles. avoiding the stud and nut
not a fun job. seemed like I never charged enough either
the other way we would do it is if broke off after trying this was to actually blow the stud right out of the head with a torch. That worked the opposite, I would let the head cool then put the torch right up to the stud and blast it out with the oxy torch. But that only worked with cast iron heads.
brings back memories. None of them good lol
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