You're kidding, right?! Do you really think that ANY of the tens of thousands of automotive fasteners released annually with a hot wrench are replaced or re-tempered? What lofty Nirvana do you inhabit where there is no salt-induced corrosion and flat-rate mechanics have time for such foolishness? That locknut will come through its ordeal in fine working condition as have many of its brethren and sistren.
On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 1:03 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote: > At 01:35 PM 3/8/2009, Jake de Villiers wrote: > >> Tuba-dude, you need to heat them cherry with your oxy-acetylene torch and >> it'll spin off for you very nicely. >> > > But of course you'll need a new nut at that point since you'll have > destroyed the temper. I always make sure to destroy things like that that > I've overheated, so they don't sneak back into use somehow. > > -- > David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ > '89 Po' White Star "Scamp" >
-- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" Crescent Beach, BC www.crescentbeachguitar.com http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27 |
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