[Boatanchors] Loc-tite soaked set screws

Fri, 8 Nov 2002 18:36:08 -0600

This may be an off topic answer but the Jaguar XKE with wire wheels had
the rear hubs assembled with a locktite material. In a very obscure place
in the service manual (yes, british) stated that to be able to pull the
hubs from the spined shaft the hubs had to be heated to about 150 to 160
deg F. Then they came off readily.
   so to loosen the screws i have tinned the wrench in the center,
inserted in the setscrew, heated with the soldering iron and in a short
time the screw was able to turn. yup, this took a lot of space but... 
solvents don't seem to be able to get in there
        old jack
On Thu, 07 Nov 2002 13:36:10 -0500 "J. Forster" <[email protected]> writes:
> There is a cleanup slvent from Locktite, but it's fairly nasty stuff. 
> The other
> trick is heat which softens the stuff.
> -John
> 
> R.J. Mattson wrote:
> 
> > I have some loc-tite soaked spline wrench set screws that wont 
> budge. Is
> > there a secret solvent or just keep spraying penetrating oil?
> > Regards,
> > Bob Mattson...W2AMI
> > WN2AMI 1962
> > Highland NY
> > http://www.qrz.com/callsign/w2ami
> 
> 
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