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Old Jul 10, 2011 | 06:33 PM
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^ Time to borrow Paul's torch?
Old Jul 10, 2011 | 07:01 PM
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Old Jul 10, 2011 | 09:38 PM
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Want me to have at it? I swear I wont burn your whole car down........
Do you want to have at it?
Old Jul 10, 2011 | 10:13 PM
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We can give it a try.
Old Jul 10, 2011 | 11:58 PM
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Do you want to have at it?
Originally Posted by pho_shizzle
We can give it a try.
This should be interesting.....
Old Jul 11, 2011 | 12:17 AM
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Erik would you like to help me?
Old Jul 11, 2011 | 12:48 AM
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When and where?

We can also try to get the rear lower too.
Old Jul 11, 2011 | 01:20 AM
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Erik would you like to help me?
Sure, why not.
Old Jul 11, 2011 | 10:19 AM
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I use a propane torch to heat up stuck parts, and turn Dust Off upside down (you know it sprays the liquid when you do that and it is super cold) to cool the other part

heat=bigger
cold=smaller

good luck man!!
Old Jul 11, 2011 | 10:24 AM
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^^Sounds like a good plan. But I have a feeling that that kind of rapid temperature change might have some adverse effects.
Old Jul 11, 2011 | 10:45 AM
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Never tried it on coilovers usually on $100,000 printers lol
Old Jul 11, 2011 | 11:16 AM
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Do those printer parts have to withstand ~3,000lbs of force on them?
Old Jul 11, 2011 | 11:22 AM
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Jourdan I would just soak them in PB Blaster or Liquid Wrench then try and give it a side to side type rotation to penetrate let sit for about 30mins to 1hr then try soak again.After that they should come off with the Flathead Hammer idea or even with just the spanner wrenches.

If I wasnt crippled I would totally help you out. I know the pain of the stupid locked up coilovers. Its kind of one of those things that make you do this on the interwebs when asking for help....jalkfjdafdlkanfldk afdkaljfdlkjfdlka jfdlkas fjlkdng o. hahaha. Good luck with them. Hopefully the Soak then Soak again works. It usually does.

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Old Jul 11, 2011 | 11:26 AM
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^^nope, you raise a good point. Never tried it on anything delicate, just on stuff I would not mind fubared.
Old Jul 12, 2011 | 01:55 AM
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Mike & Erik, when do you guys want to try to tackle this ****?









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