jacksonpt

My sway bar discos are pretty well rusted in place. If I have to cut them off and replace them I will, but I'd prefer not to. I've soaked the wing nut with PB Blaster a few times but can't get it to budge. Any other tips? I was thinking about a torch, but...

shazaam

keep soaking it for a day or so .. also put a pair of locking pliers on there, and tap the pliers with a hammer to open it up some ... but PB blast for a day or so as well

Bob_98SR5

jackson,

as odd as this sounds, tabasco sauce works for me. i learned it from one of the navy guys on the forum. forget his name. why not try this overnight: soak a rag in tabasco, wrap that around the parts that need to be soaked, re-soak it again, wrap it up in plastic to prevent moisture loss, and give it a tug the next morning.

bob

4Hummer

, tabasco sauce ????? REALLY ????? Wow

DavidA

I know it loosens me up.... ROFL!!!!



I just kill myself sometimes.

Steveh29

I've, heard of people using paraffin wax (sometimes called canning wax) or and old candle to loosen stuck bolts/nuts. The procedure is: Heat the bolt with a propane torch until it's good and hot - starting to glow red if it's really stuck. Next touch the threads with the wax so the wax wicks into the stuck threads area. Then see if it comes out. I'm told it works very well but be careful you don't get a "flame on" situation from the PB Blaster.

loosehead

If you end up having to use a small hand-held DIY torch, get a can of MAPP gas, it gets much hotter than propane.

SLC Punk

Use a torch, heat that nut up red hot and it will break loose!!

That method hasn't failed me yet!

Steveh29

That's true. I was just thinking of the first torch that came to mind. Of course if you have a cutting torch, just zap that sucker off!

2001Millrunner

heat gun or torch so it'll expand and break loose or pound them with hammer, ofcourse after you soaked them with PB

TStango

A large pair of vice grips should do the trick. It worked for me. Or even try a pair on each "wing" if you can find the room to swing em.

Flamedx4

If you guys would quit fixing your leaky oil pan gaskets and whatnot, none of your stuff would ever get rusty. Mine is all nice and oily/greasy with a protective coating of grime and mud too - nothing gets stuck or rusty....

DevinSixtySeven

blaster didnt work right away? use more blaster. it is more effective than anything anyone else has posted in this thread, except using a temperature delta to free the parts.

tabasco sauce contains vinegar, a small amount of capsacin(sp?), maybe some citric acid, and probably red #5 or something. uh, kinda sounds like an old sailor's tale . the blaster will work better than paraffin as well, wd-40 is paraffin with a kerosene carrier and doesnt do dick to free rusted parts.

soak a rag in blaster, wrap around your parts, soak some more, then leave it soaking for a couple days, resoaking whenever you walk by (use drip pan).

then get the biggest lever arm you can and give it hell.

-sean

dragr1

iTrader: (3)

More pb blaster and the longest pair of pliers you can find.

INsr5runner

try everything everyone has said, and try using a breakerbar

I think heating it will probably do the trick after all that pb.

Birdman

gwhayduke

Tabasco is vinegar, ground red chiles and salt. Let's don't go into what's in the ground red chiles, but vinegar (acetic acid) and salt (sodium chloride) combined are commonly used to react with oxides. Kids usually discover that hot sauce (picante, pico de gallo, tabasco) make pennies shiny again. Iron is more active than copper. So yes, the old sailors tale will probably work on pure iron rust (Fe2O3), but alloys of iron will make the reactions more difficult to predict. Try it if you want, but the PB Blaster you've sprayed on will probably protect the iron somewhat.

jacksonpt

OK, thanks for the tips guys. I'm going to try the PBed rag idea all weekend. Hopefully that will work.