Old school, the use of fire to dismantle rusted parts
bob ward
Senior Contributor
I have a pair of side mount spare bracket assemblies for a 36, everything was rusted solid, no amount of (name of your favourite penetrant) was going to free up the threads. I resorted to the old school method of making a decent size wood fire in the back yard on to which the parts were laid and were left until the fire was ashes.
A wood fire provides enough heat to get the parts up to a very dull red, the heat 'cooks' the rust within the threads and turns it to a fine powder, bolts that were locked solid come loose with hand tools.
Parts in the ashes
20 minutes later
A wood fire provides enough heat to get the parts up to a very dull red, the heat 'cooks' the rust within the threads and turns it to a fine powder, bolts that were locked solid come loose with hand tools.
Parts in the ashes
20 minutes later
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Thank You!0
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Very old school indeed; great post!
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I’ve seen something similar for stuck pistons. With the head removed they’d light a slow burning fire (of some type) in the piston hole & let it burn. It appears to do similar things to the rust & would eventually free the piston. Great post!0
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Bob are these for a Hudson or Terraplane also are they for sale.
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