Re: M_Boats: M-17 trailer wheels
Hi Gary.. I've tried soaking the studs with WD-40, Kroil penetrating oil and a penetrating oil from W-Marine...all to of no avail. I've bent a tire iron or two in the past several years, and may try heating the studs with a propane torch when the weather gets a little better<GG> All in all, I may replace the whole shebang. I think that the tires are radials, IIRC, and W-Marine's wheels have bias ply<sigh> Harvey/Ga M-17 Stargazer #294
I work at a service station and usually the only way to break bolts free as you are talking about is with an air impact wrench, go to your local station they can do it in a couple of minutes no sweat.Save yourself a lot of hard work.
Harvey, I play with antique toys ('41 GMC is current project) and I have all those on the shelf(WD 40 & all). The one that has been working the best is CRC (brand) 5-56 that I am using for taking apart rusted 60 year old truck parts that were given to me (just pulled apart the axles and springs - no broken parts). There is also Gibbs Oil (www.gibbsoil.us ) that professional auto restorers use. fyi Gordon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harvey Wilson" <HarveyWilson@compuserve.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 8:50 AM Subject: Re: M_Boats: M-17 trailer wheels Hi Gary.. I've tried soaking the studs with WD-40, Kroil penetrating oil and a penetrating oil from W-Marine...all to of no avail. I've bent a tire iron or two in the past several years, and may try heating the studs with a propane torch when the weather gets a little better<GG> All in all, I may replace the whole shebang. I think that the tires are radials, IIRC, and W-Marine's wheels have bias ply<sigh> Harvey/Ga M-17 Stargazer #294 _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
Harvey: That might be the best idea. I think you will like the radial tires. I've been looking for radials for my M15 trailer to smooth out the ride, but they don't make them in 12-inch--That's what my old trailer has. --Gary On Wednesday, January 28, 2004, at 08:50 AM, Harvey Wilson wrote:
Hi Gary..
I've tried soaking the studs with WD-40, Kroil penetrating oil and a penetrating oil from W-Marine...all to of no avail.
I've bent a tire iron or two in the past several years, and may try heating the studs with a propane torch when the weather gets a little better<GG>
All in all, I may replace the whole shebang. I think that the tires are radials, IIRC, and W-Marine's wheels have bias ply<sigh>
Harvey/Ga
M-17 Stargazer #294
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