[TowerTalk] Galled bolt

[Dubovsky, George]

Try heat. Put a heat gun on the area and get it up to 200 F or so,
wiggling the ss stub periodically. The aluminum expands about twice as
much as the steel, so it's worth a quick test.

73,

geo - n4ua

> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-
> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Julio Peralta
> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 1:49 PM
> To: TOWERTALK at contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Galled bolt
> 
> Yesterday I removed a TX2 rotor form my tower. One of the Stainless
> steel mount bolts I guess galled in the hole and I had to break off
the
> head of the bolt to get the rotor out of the tower.
> 
> Does anyone have a good method to free the shank of the bolt from the
> body of the rotor? There is about 3/8" of bolt sticking out of the
rotor
> base. I've been soaking the bolt in PB blaster for 2 days but that
> hasn't helped as yet.
> 
> Julio, W4HY
> 
> 
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