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Believe it or not, my engine builder that uses Kano Kroil on most things suggested that he'd had problems using it as a penetrating oil when removing the studs; in his experience it appeared to react with the original Loctite and seemed to make things worse.
So what we did on my engine: heat inside the case spigot with map gas while holding pressure (rotation) on the stud via the snap on collet tool and once it got around 300-350F in the area around the stud via a pyrometer I simply touched the base of the stud with a Berts Bees wax lip balm stick---the bees wax will flow in and it will break free in just a few seconds. Keep heating the case as you spin the stud out. If you don't the stud will start to get tight again.
The Berts Bees wax lip balm was the closest thing I could readily find to pure bees wax. It was the peppermint flavored one. Walgreens!
Last edited by SCadaddle; 04-03-2016 at 08:24 PM..
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