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oilspot
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 Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 10:16 am Post subject: heat exchanger dissasembly |
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I've got a good type three stock muffler that I'd like to take the heat exchangers off of to sell. I just came in from heating the nuts with a torch. I'm going to let them cool, soak them with wd-40 and them probably heat them again tommorow. (i want them to come off clean).
my question is which side is the nut on, muffler or heat exchanger.
I don't want to start turning the nut the wrong direction and end up stripping the threads. |
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| Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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The nuts screw onto the muffler, so it's the usual clockwise to tighten, anticlockwise to loosen.
They can be really fun! 
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oilspot
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| Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 3:11 pm Post subject: |
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I imagine that they'll be great fun to get loose. That's why I'm planning on taking a few days to mess with them to get them apart.
My first problem was not having a large, thin wrench to grab the nut with. It's kinda funny that a rear springplate was laying on the ground right next to the muffler. With just a light touch of a grinder down the inside of where the axle would sit on the springplate, you've got a nice, thin wrench!
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blankmange
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| Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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also - try PB Blaster ; works much better than WD-40; pick it up in any FLAPS....
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Russ Wolfe
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| Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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Those nuts screw into the heat exchanger.
Acetylene torch will usually get them loose. Propane torch is doubtful as it doesnt have enough BTU's
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oilspot
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| Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 11:19 pm Post subject: |
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I'm using an Acetylene torch.
I may give the PB blaster stuff a try. I've had a few other people tell me it's pretty decent stuff. |
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VDubTech
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| Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 7:52 am Post subject: |
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WD-40 is NOT a penetrating oil, it's a water displacer. PB Blaster is the best. You may as well spit on the thing rather than waste your money on WD-40...you'd get the same results.
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