Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:42:34 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: [NVC]-Friday Subject: Howto Locite question
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hi,
hate them eh ? !
lol.
that yellow paint is just put on their during manufacture ..
means the fastener was torqued properly ...most likely that's what that is.
fwiw, I have noticed that things that have not been apart since assembly at
the factory can be hyper tight.
way beyond what normal torque spec would dictate.
fwiw, Honda crank pulley bolts are notorious for being hyper tight ..
I saw a 3/4 inch drive impact gun at a honda shop once..
they're were like 'yeah, that's what we use on the crank pulley bolts' ..
an impact gun like that can do up to 1,000 ft lbs of torque ..
and sometimes they need that much to get those crank pullly bolts off.
btdt.
so don't feel bad.
if it simply MUST come off ..
almost sounds like it's vice grip time ..which will likely destroy that
connection ..
and there's heat too, as in torch, but that sounds dangerous and scary in
this situation.
she should drive a vanagon !
also I'm wondering if better access, like from below with car jacked up, if
not already, would help.
and sometimes there are a few things that will not come apart , especially
with age and corrosion ...
without destroying something. If it just ruined the hose that wouldn't be
too bad I wouldn't think.
scott
www.turbovans.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "M. Jade" <tinho2010@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 1:53 PM
Subject: [NVC]-Friday Subject: Howto Locite question
> Pardon me for a non Vanagon question. It's Friday and I need help.
>
> I am working on replacing a leaky power steering hose of a Honda Civic my
> daughter drives today. I have gotten everything off but the nut that
> mounts the hose on the gear box. I saw orange or yellow paint on the nut.
> It's dark under there and it's a Japanese car so I think it is Loctite but
> I am not sure. I used a flare-nut wrench but I can't seem to loosen it
> without destroying it. I have got to a point that the wrench is about to
> round off the hex head still it won't give in.
>
> What is your suggestion? Don't know if you ever need to deal with such a
> hassle on Vanagons. Every time I worked on Japanese cars I seem to always
> have the issue that Japanese bolts, nuts and screws are always made of
> soft metal. If you are not careful they got destroyed and their heads got
> rounded off. What a PITA. I hate Japanese cars.
>
> MJ in Sunny California