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Originally Posted by rsshallop
Thanks Roland, I'll keep soaking them and then really clamp down the vise grips.
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And when we say heat,we mean oyx/act. not a propane torch.
Using a propane torch is like pissing on a barn fire.
Firmly clamp a vice grip to the stud and whack the end of the stud as you try to turn it, after it has been soaking in a penetrating oil as Roland said.
Try first loosing it, then tightening it/ back forth if it ever moves so slightly keeping moving either direction, you don't want to muscle it in a loosing turn or it will surly snap it.
If it becomes necessary to apply heat, then you want to heat around the stud but not on the stud, again working it back/forth and remember a hot stud is softer than a cold stud.