At 04:12 PM 9/8/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Here's a tough one:-
>
>I've got 12 brake slave cylinders from two MGTD's. They are ALL rusted
>so that the pistons are frozen in the cylinders. I have tried EVERYTHING
>to get these things apart, including: WD-40, Liquid Wrench, PB Blaster
>and molasses (don't ask). They are still frozen solid.
>
>My next step is to get out the blue wrench (propane torch). Since the
>cylinders are aluminum and the pistons are steel, I expect that they will
>expand at different rates when heated. Hopefully, they will release if
>the aluminum expands more that the steel.
>
>Are my assumptions correct? Does aluminum expand more that steel when
>heated? Am I in danger of splitting or otherwise damaging the cylinders
>by doing this? Anybody got any better ideas?
>
>David Littlefield
>Houston, TX
>
In the South...the real South, we soak things like that in Coca-cola. The
phosphoric acid is the good stuff that does it.
good luck-
Don Mathis,Ph.D.
donmathis@lucent.com
'61 MGA
'37 Derby Bentley (B190KT)
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