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Originally Posted by keynsham1 View Post
I have been heating the case with a butane blowtorch. Is this too cold? It takes ages for any heat to get into the case. I find it hard to imagine it ever affecting the threadlock on the studs!
Butane/propane will work, I use that. But you need a really good one, those that has a cheap one-time-use gas canisters will not work.

My propane heater uses one of these refillable bottles, with a Sievert Powerjet torch:



The difference is like night and day compared to the cheaper bottles. The heat output is more than double.
I heat the case around the stud for 45-60 seconds and the stud comes out easy.
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