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#140967 Frank_W (User) Riding The Filthy Sow! Platinum Boarder Posts: 3510 AIS Removal - Elbows 3 Years, 2 Months ago   Okay... I've got every bit of the AIS removed, except for the danged elbows. How do I get these two things out? I've gotten the rear one to rotate a little, with a pair of vise grips and brute force, but it won't come OUT. I'm out of ideas.   Logged     Last Edit: 2008/11/22 16:54 By Frank_W.   My Music Whatever...   The administrator has disabled public write access. #140968 Musky (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 15137 Re:AIS Removal - Elbows 3 Years, 2 Months ago   Try a search. I can't say first hand because I don't have them but I think people have used a piece of wood and a hammer.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #140969 greyphart (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 4546 Re:AIS Removal - Elbows 3 Years, 2 Months ago   I used a can of compressed air. Take it and turn it upside down so the freon propellant exits first then spray the elbows. Using a vice grip pliers try and turn the elbow as you're spraying it. The cold will shrink the metal making it easier to remove (that's why they say put the new plugs in the freezer over night). Heating will only expand the metal. My front one came out fine. The rear one needed a little more "persuasion". Hope it works for you. Greyphart   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #140971 Frank_W (User) Riding The Filthy Sow! Platinum Boarder Posts: 3510 Re:AIS Removal - Elbows 3 Years, 2 Months ago   Bummer... I don't have any canned air. Would WD-40 help?   Logged     My Music Whatever...   The administrator has disabled public write access. #140974 greyphart (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 4546 Re:AIS Removal - Elbows 3 Years, 2 Months ago   Anything that has freon as a propellant would probably do. Worth a try. Greyphart   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #140978 Questcap (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 2677 Re:AIS Removal - Elbows 3 Years, 2 Months ago   Frank, It's by far the hardest part of the job. Using a bar that fit fairly tight in the tube of the elbow (actually, a big philips screwdriver), I just kept working it back and forth while I had vise grips clamped on it and pulling. I thought they'd never come, but after much persuasion, they eventually did... and the end result is well worth all the effort!   Logged     Sig pic deleted - larger than 450 pixels and 50 kb   The administrator has disabled public write access. #140979 Frank_W (User) Riding The Filthy Sow! Platinum Boarder Posts: 3510 Re:AIS Removal - Elbows 3 Years, 2 Months ago   Thanks, Questcap. I'll give it a shot, then... Good grief.... LOL   Logged     My Music Whatever...   The administrator has disabled public write access. #140997 Frank_W (User) Riding The Filthy Sow! Platinum Boarder Posts: 3510 Re:AIS Removal - Elbows 3 Years, 2 Months ago   I haven't been able to get the rear plug out, and haven't bothered trying the front one, yet. At the moment, I've got a towel wrapped around it full of ice cubes. It was the only thing I could think of, in lieu of some kind of refrigerant. I've totally mangled the part of it where the hose connects. If I could just cut them off flush and have the kit plugs still fit, I would gladly do so. Frustrating....   Logged     My Music Whatever...   The administrator has disabled public write access. #141000 greyphart (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 4546 Re:AIS Removal - Elbows 3 Years, 2 Months ago   Don't lose hope. They will come out. How depends on who's advice you try. Or maybe you'll figure out a new solution. Good luck. Greyphart   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #141002 Scotto (User) Hmmmm Platinum Boarder Posts: 1560 Re:AIS Removal - Elbows 3 Years, 2 Months ago   I always have an ample supply of penetrant in the garage. Kroil Penetrating oil, Liquid Wrench are a couple. I have this stuff we use at work we call wintergreen penetrant oil... smells like, yup, wintergreen. Kroil is by far the best for seized metal parts. The longer it is on the further it penetrates. Be patient! It may take some time and a trip to the store, no... not the beer store but, the autoparts store. Save the beer for after the job is done and you can admirer your work.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access.

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