freeze and release by locktite

[Peterooster]

https://www.jbtoolsales.com/loctite-996456-shock-freeze-freeze-release/

Pete

 

[mhsprecher]

Have you tried it? Not too expensive to experiment with.

 

[40 Deluxe]

Wonder if it's something like R-12, R-22, or similar refrigerant?

 

[tubman]

I use it as "insurance" when I have something that looks like it will really be a problem. I was taking some steel fittings out of a used aluminum head, that promised to be a real problem. I hit them with a regular penetrant several times over a couple of days, then heated the head up in my oven. I took the head out of the oven, and hit the fitting with this stuff and it came right out. Did this stuff do it? I dunno, but I got the fittings out with no damage. I think its the combination of care, time, and multiple methods that make it work. Like "mhsprecher" says, it's expensive, so I save it for special cases like this.

 

[Doug 845]

Save yourself some money and go to Autozone and buy their CNC generic version. It works great. I took off my exhaust manifold bolts by heating up the block with a propane torch and then spraying the bolt.

 

[V8COOPMAN]

Not too expensive to experiment with.

Like "mhsprecher" says, it's expensive, so I save it for special cases like this.

Funny how one man's "expensive" can be "Not too expensive" to another man. Or maybe it's actually more like Calahan said......"What we have here is a failure to communicate". DD

 

[mhsprecher]

Yep. Lots of $10 add up, but one or two, I can live with!

 

[mike in tucson]

Isnt there a quote from Admiral Rickover that was "a billion here, a billion there and pretty soon you're talking about a lot of money"

 

[corvette8n]

2 pack of dust off under 8 bucks at Walmart.

 

[V8ER]

Not Admiral Rickover; Senator Everett Dirksen.

 

[Jack E/NJ]

Liquid propane from an inverted cylinder. Watch out for sparks or other ignition source if you use a lot in a confined space. Anything that uses a CO2 propellant should work too. Jack E/NJ!

 

[tubman]

It's not an economical product; they say in the instructions to give it "a 20 or 30 second shot"; that'll shorten the life of the product by a bunch. I don't think that the "penetrant" that is incorporated in it is worth a ****. The cooling aspect is what is important. I've used it and it does spray out COLD. I'll say it again : expensive, but an excellent backup in extreme circumstances.