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Fergus Kyle
Joined: 03 Jun 2007
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Location: Burlington ON Canada
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 Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 12:49 pm Post subject: Chemical Nut-Busters |
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Have you heard of this one?:
My first jalopy was a ‘37Chev deluxe (With rear seat ash trays) and I kept snapping the right rear drive axle which was perhaps ¾” steel. I could never get the nuts off because it was a great winter rust area.
I finally took it to the neighbourhood mechanic who wrenched it into the sky and went to the First Aid kitbox on the wall. He extracted the Iodine bottle and shot some liquid iodine into the joints and walked away. he came back in 20 minutes and whacked the nut with the usual ball-pein hammer, and quietly unscrewed the nut(s).
I’ve tried it on rust which hid the joint, and it worked 70-80%.
Anybody else heard this one? Something to do with iodine crystals.
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RobHousman
Joined: 29 Mar 2010
Posts: 7
Location: Irvine, CA
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| Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 2:58 pm Post subject: Chemical Nut-Busters |
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Not only have I not heard of this method, I can’t see how it works – I hope someone can enlighten me. The stuff in the first aid kit would very likely have been tincture of iodine, now out of favor, which is a mixture of elemental iodine and either sodium iodide or potassium iodide, dissolved in what is essentially 100 proof vodka (half water and half ethanol).
I suspect that what really did the job was the shock treatment with the hammer. As anyone familiar with this handy book
[img]cid:image003.jpg(at)01CAD98E.5CC70250[/img]
knows, a hammer and a cold chisel work together like a poor man’s impact wrench, and make it if not easy at least possible to loosen really tight nuts and bolts.
Best regards,
Rob Housman
Irvine, CA
Europa XS Tri-Gear
A070
Airframe complete
From: owner-europa-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-europa-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Fergus Kyle
Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 1:44 PM
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Subject: Chemical Nut-Busters
Have you heard of this one?:
My first jalopy was a ‘37Chev deluxe (With rear seat ash trays) and I kept snapping the right rear drive axle which was perhaps ¾” steel. I could never get the nuts off because it was a great winter rust area.
I finally took it to the neighbourhood mechanic who wrenched it into the sky and went to the First Aid kitbox on the wall. He extracted the Iodine bottle and shot some liquid iodine into the joints and walked away. he came back in 20 minutes and whacked the nut with the usual ball-pein hammer, and quietly unscrewed the nut(s).
I’ve tried it on rust which hid the joint, and it worked 70-80%.
Anybody else heard this one? Something to do with iodine crystals.
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