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wacmartin

wacmartin

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Any Ideas on how to remove a bolt has loctite on it. Don't have soldering gun so thats out of the question. Any help is greatly apprecited.
 
boil it in water depending on what part it is, or a torch to it, if it wont ruin the part
 
Was it red or blue Locktight used on the bolt? If it was red you will prob have to drill it out and retap the hole if it was blue it should turn loose try to tighten it then loosen it or you can get a mini torch be careful not to blow your self up and apply a little heat to the bolt. Never use red locktight though unless you never want to remove the bolt. Hope this helps.
 
Its the bolt that hold the servo saver, still connected to my steering servo. dont care about the servo its junk anyways but i need that saver. Like why in the hell would they use red loctite thats the strongest kind. Thats what we use on oil drilling parts at my work which are going miles into the ground.
 
You can try to torch the bolt if red was used sometimes they will turn loose but doubtful. It's a option before you drill and tap it though. It will take extensive heat to turn red locktight loose though and they may not be a option on a rc car like it would on a real car. I have done it on a real car but I would be scared to apply that much heat to a rc car part.
 
I've been welding for years and work in the trade, blowing myself up is'nt really a problem.(knock on wood) lol
 
Idk why they would use red that's why I was asking if you knew what locktight was used. Try to boil it if you don't care about the servo it won't hurt to try it.

---------- Post added at 9:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 9:21 PM ----------

Lol I didn't know if the bolt was around fuel and didn't want to feel responsible for blowing someone up lol.
 
Thats going to be a pain in the ass drilling it out then tap the hole. With lhs being an hour away and not wanting to wait on parts I thinks its not only my last option, but only option.
 
Yea that sucks sorry man hope it works out for you. I had a buddy put his motor bolts in with red locktight and I could have killed him I had to drill the bolt out of both holes and tap both holes for him and it was a major pain in the butt.
 

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