RE: Help, with brake hex bolt

["Aaron Ness" <Aaron@makuta.com>]

A trick that recently floated across the VintagVW and Hooligan Racing lists
involves heating the threads of a stuck bolt as hot as you can, and then
pressing a chunk of paraffin (you know, the wax Grandma used to use to seal
jelly jars) onto the bolt.  I guess the wax wicks up the threads of the hot
bolt very well, and often allows you to turn the bolt out very easily.  I've
never tried it, but I will be experimenting with it when I pull my exhaust
manifold.  I understand that even a propane torch can work for this.

Aaron
'84 Scirocco - Woo-hoo!
'70 Bug - hibernating
'87 Nissan truck - Soon to be for sale


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Majordomo [mailto:majord@neubayern.net]On Behalf Of
> Gerry Reichelt
> Sent: Sunday, September 26, 1999 12:58 PM
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: Help, with brake hex bolt
>
>
>     Try filing the sides of the bolt down carefully to the
> next smallest
> metric or SAE size and pound a (cheap) or warrantied socket onto it.
>     Gerry
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Chris DeLong <green536@hotmail.com>
> To: <e@sbbs.se>; <Mk1gti@onelist.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Saturday, September 25, 1999 9:33 PM
> Subject: Re: Help, with brake hex bolt
>
>
> > Try pounding a cv joint 12pt. allen into the hex. If that
> doesn't work
> then
> > pound a 12mm 12pt socket over the outside of the bolt. These tricks
> usually
> > work for me. HTH
> >
> >
> > >From: "ian" <e@sbbs.se>
> > >Reply-To: "ian" <e@sbbs.se>
> > >To: <Mk1gti@onelist.com>,<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > >Subject: Help, with brake hex bolt
> > >Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 12:51:31 -0400
> > >
> > >I stripped one of the hex bolts holding the caliper on,
> any ideas on how
> to
> > >get that sucker out. I now have it soaking in liquid wrench until I
> figure
> > >out what to do
> > >Here's another plug for trying to do your own stuff, I had
> the brakes
> done
> > >by Avelinos last time, must have been that 1000lb gorilla
> that tightened
> > >all
> > >the bolts, because they are not giving when they should.
> > >
> > >
> > >thanx
> > >Ian
> > >
> > >
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