I do believe that some one on that list will try it...I'll report the results, good or disastrous. In the Lists' defense, there was an immediate note saying to use ATF and acetone in a 50/50 mixture, or just straight ATF.
My experience with heat hasn't bee 100% successful. I tried to remove some exhaust studs from an Alfa head where some broke off. Initially I used a Blue Torch to heat up the head to expand the hole. I welded a nut to the remaining broken studs (several times on the same stud) and used my hand impact driver to remove them; only a few of the broken studs succumbed to my efforts. Bruce > Hey Bruce, > > The Moto Guzzi list sounds like they have a good nomination for this year's > Darwin Awards! ;-) Short circuiting a battery to ground is not a good > idea > (well... maybe they are talking a motorcycle battery vs a car battery. > Still, it's like playing with a bunker blaster vs an atomic bomb). > > RBSHARER have the right idea in terms of replacing the battery with a more > controlled current source that has a circuit breaker. But Beatle's idea is > better using a heat source. I've found a simple portable propane torch for > soldering works well and doesn't accidentally "melt" or weld anything in > the > process. The difference in thermal expansion between the parts is enough > to > break whatever is bonding the threads (either corrosion or thread lock). > > Cheers, > Charlie S > '89 Spider -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
