Heat and Douse

[greasybob]

I have to admit I've always been a bit skeptical of the heat and douse method of loosening rusted fasteners. Today I was confronted with replacing brake lines on a rust bucket. Lines all run, now to bleed. I came to the first caliper, cr*p, the bleeder is so far gone nothing to grab even with a vice grip. Well lets give this a try. First I drilled a small pilot hole half way into the bleeder. Then heated the area around the bleeder and quickly pour water on it. Next with a larger left hand drill bit and the drill in low speed....Voila !!!!! About 2 revolutions of the drill bit, it grabbed and out it came. Cool !!!! Then it occurred to me how many brake calipers I've needlessly replaced in the past. Oh well.

[Joe Rappa]

I mess with old tractors quite a bit. If you want to get old jets out of a carb the best method is to heat the barb up until it's good and hot. Then douse it in a bucket of water. The jets come right out.
Careful glass beading and cleaning gets them ready for new brass parts.

Joe

[Wheel]

I mess with old tractors quite a bit. If you want to get old jets out of a carb the best method is to heat the barb up until it's good and hot. Then douse it in a bucket of water. The jets come right out.
Careful glass beading and cleaning gets them ready for new brass parts.

Joe

I've had really good luck on various carburetor jets using a heat gun while using very careful, but very deliberate turning force on my screwdriver. Got many a tricky pilot jet out of a motorcycle carb that way. They like to strip with the slightest provocation.