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Old 11-20-2017, 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by nonyorrick View Post
Thanks, Kent, for addressing this issue. I often run into it, also (or in particular) with the screws on starters and dynamos. Removing them is often destructive, but if you heat them with the oxy welder they come out easily, and without damage. Of course you have to be quick in order not to burn the interior, but it works very well for me and it saves me hours of chasing screw dimensions which ore long out of production. And in your case, the welding bottles would be mobile enough to be carried wherever you need them.
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Patrick
Thank you Patrick - Yes, I use the heat method on many other types of situations, but in these particular cases the thermal mass of the surrounding components far out-soaks my #5 O/A tip inputs .....
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