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Old 07-10-2011, 06:33 PM
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^ Time to borrow Paul's torch?
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Old 07-10-2011, 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?
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We can give it a try.
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Old 07-10-2011, 11:58 PM
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Do you want to have at it?
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We can give it a try.
This should be interesting.....
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Erik would you like to help me?
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Old 07-11-2011, 12:48 AM
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When and where?

We can also try to get the rear lower too.
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Old 07-11-2011, 01:20 AM
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Sure, why not.
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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

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Old 07-11-2011, 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.
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Never tried it on coilovers usually on $100,000 printers lol
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Old 07-11-2011, 11:16 AM
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Do those printer parts have to withstand ~3,000lbs of force on them?
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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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^^nope, you raise a good point. Never tried it on anything delicate, just on stuff I would not mind fubared.
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Old 07-12-2011, 01:55 AM
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Mike & Erik, when do you guys want to try to tackle this ****?









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