bloody rusty bolts.

[ThrakBarts]

Tomorrow I will continue a journey I started a few days ago, when I was excited to start the preventitive maintenence on my 92 lx. Where better to start than the basic fluid changes?

Apparently 14 year old bolts that have never moved or were tightened to twelve times the appropriate torque settings are nearly impossible to break loose. I am roommates with the Hulk, and he tore His Knuckles up trying to break this thing free! Apparently God Himself put my transmission oil drain bolt and my header (14mm) bolts on when he created the... well all He created.

I have prayed much about this and the answer were these forums and the people who run them. I have bought some penetrating oil to soak my fingers and these bolts in tomorrow after work. If you ladies and gentlemen have any advice besides the most obvious," Stop being a freaking SISSY!", I will gladly accept it. Thanks for reading, and I am glad to have found this site.

[sackingz123]

welcome to the site...

use wd-40? maybe that will help out...

hope someone will add in...

[NAiL05]

PB Blaster and a breaker bar work wonders sometimes.

[N9netwoAccord]

PB Blaster and a breaker bar work wonders sometimes.

x2 i can vouch for that, even a cheater bar if you have one

[cebese7en]

pb blaster tap the bolts then pb blaster and then tap the bolts.

if you don't have a breaker bar just use a pipe but nothing more than 18" long. you don't want to shear the head.

[Accord R33]

i have a 2' pipe that i use for almost anything. i have never not been able to get a bolt off.

i also have a 6' pipe for things like the axle nut

[93cbh23]

<----- professional tech (ford) some kind of pentrant, a breaker bar a small ball pein hammer in the trany bolt case you don't want to damage the pn any more than the over torqued bolt has if all else fails use heat or cold, by heat i don't mean hold a bic up to it for a few minutes i mean use a small torch only hit the bolt head and then tap it as soon as you take the heat away. if still a no go, try cold, go to store get a can of that air duster for computers, turn canister upside down and spray til the bolt starts "smaoking" from the temp change tehn again rap it good with the small hammer. but breaker bars are your freind, it's all about leverage, maybe have the hulk do the wrenchin while you hold the tool to the bolt.

[blackcb7]

i too use breaker bar and pipes for leverage on hard to get bolts

leverage owns

[defjamon22z]

stop being a sissy!

[djcaz_aom]

PB Blaster and a breaker bar work wonders sometimes.

^^^^ x3 Always worked for me. A good ol' breaker bar can do the trick as well.

[CustomLowz]

Soak the bolts with PB Blaser, or Liquid Wrench. WD40 really wont do anything for them.

[dbsharp]

sometimes Ill put the wrench on the bolt and smack the end of the wrench with a hammer. this is what i do if I can get a long extension on for some reason. bolts that I cannont get off, i get the shop right down the road to knock em loose with a impact wrench.

[NAiL05]

WD40 really wont do anything for them.

So true. All it does is round off the bolt and make the socket slide off the bolt itself or thats what has happened to me. PB blaster hasnt yet so yea.

[handsoff012]

sit and stare at the bolt for along time and something will eventually come up that u will try, or just starting saying shit alot while trying 2 bust it loose, the shit 1 works alot fo the time for me

[cebese7en]

sit and stare at the bolt for along time and something will eventually come up that u will try, or just starting saying shit alot while trying 2 bust it loose, the shit 1 works alot fo the time for me

^^^^lol


also. wd40 might as well be water with a kick.