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#49586 08/27/2005 6:33 PM | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 12 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: May 2005 Posts: 12 | My dad and I worked on my 54's 235 last summer. We couldn't finish during his visit, and I never got back to it until now. I had set the valve lifters only part way back into their guides, just to keep track of their original position. Of course, I was going to get right back to the project, but... Now they're stuck and I was wondering what the best method of unsticking them would be. I was able to remove two of them. They have some surface rust, which when removed with 0000 steel wool, just leaves some gray spots and no roughness. I've soaked them with WD-40, and grabbed them with a ragged-wrapped set of channel locks, but they don't budge. Is there some super penetrant out there that would help? Any ideas? | | |
#49587 08/27/2005 7:59 PM | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,029 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,029 | Some people swear by "P B Blaster" for penetrating oil. | | |
#49588 08/27/2005 8:29 PM | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,771 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,771 | www.kanolabs.com Kano Kroil is the best penetrant there is, bar none! The U.S Air Force must agree, because it's on Bench Stock at every USAF maintenance facility I've ever worked. Soak the stuck items overnight, then use a plastic-tipped mallet or a brass drift and a ball peen to move them a little. A day or two of soaking and tapping should free everything up nicely. Jerry
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#49589 08/28/2005 3:41 AM | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 12 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: May 2005 Posts: 12 | Thanks for the advice. I bought PB Blaster, since Kroil is only available via mail/web order. 5/12 unstuck immediatlely. The remainder are soaking. Since I don't have a brass drift, I may use a wooden dowel and see if that works. I'll keep soaking and tapping. Thanks for the advice. | | |
#49590 08/28/2005 12:49 PM | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 314 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2005 Posts: 314 | I agree with Hotrod... Kroil is King. | | |
#49591 08/29/2005 7:42 AM | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 12 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: May 2005 Posts: 12 | With the pan off, I just tapped them up and out with a foot-long wooden dowel. Piece of cake! | | |
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