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Originally Posted by Motordyne I found that if you PB blast it on both sides when mildly hot and put a blunt point tip on a air chisel and vibro

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Old 08-04-2011, 04:56 AM   #23 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Motordyne View Post
I found that if you PB blast it on both sides when mildly hot and put a blunt point tip on a air chisel and vibro shock the flange around the outer circumference of the bolt, it will crack the rust in the frozen up bolt.

It can make the difference between snapping Vs unscrewing the bolt.
. Even if you snap the bolt, all you would have to do to fix is go to a hardware store and buy a new one right?
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