Thanks Dave. Wish I had remembered this a few weeks ago when I was trying to
get some rusted solid bolts out of the door of my truck. I ended up drilling
them out but not before I lost a socket and universal inside the door :-(
Bob
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From: "Dave Connitt" <dconnitt@fuse.net>
> Bob,
> That's hard to tell since a ball joint is more or less an interference fit.
> If there is a way for the wax to get down in there it wouldn't hurt that's
> for sure. Next time I have to do that, I will try if I remember! It is
> pretty amazing how well it works on threaded joints. I will say that I used
> the technique to free up a head stud on my TR4A that was keeping me from
> removing the head. The stud had rusted to it's hole in the head so it wasn't
> really the threads that were the problem. It took a little longer since the
> head was a giant heat sink but it eventually worked. I just heated the stud,
> then melted the candle on top of it. You don't have to get the stud "red hot
> or anything just hot enough to quickly melt the wax. Probably took about
> 15-20 minutes of heating the stud and melting wax down the thing. Some old
> farmer probably thought of this when he didn't have anything else to try and
> just passed it on.
> Dave Connitt
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