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Carb-to-head manifold "insulator" removal - SUCCESS!
mattsz:
--- Quote from: robvangulik on June 08, 2020, 02:12:34 PM ---Sorry, I misread that a bit, BUT an impact driver is, in my opinion, a tool you need to have. And you don't know before you try if it would work in this case and space. I think it will....
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Are you talking about one of these?
robvangulik:
Yes, I even have 2 8)
mattsz:
--- Quote from: robvangulik on June 08, 2020, 02:18:43 PM ---Yes, I even have 2 8)
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I assume you need to hold it perpendicular to the fastener, then hit it with a hammer. How much space do you require to use it?
robvangulik:
You always can better hit softly with a big hammer than hard with a small one ;)
If there is indeed too little space to swing a hammer in your frame, you can use it as a (very sturdy) normal screwdriver and use more force than a normal one. And like I wrote, get some JIS screwdrivers, an impact driver isn't expensive, a good JIS (Vessel for instance) a bit more, but you'll never forget the day you started using those tools, in a positive way :D
Winterfield:
I take it the engine is still in the frame? I couldn't get my impact driver (like the one pictured above) to get them out, there was no space to swing a hammer.
What I ended up doing was to repeatedly use penetrating oil on the screws over a period of days. Then I used the bit from my impact driver, which was quite a large diameter, along with an 8mm socket in a wrench. The bit went into the socket, and I used the leverage from the wrench while pushing hard down on the wrench head to stop the bit from jumping out of the screw. Much to my surprise, the screws came out without damage.
I think the trick is to find the perfect fitting driver, more likely than not, JIS as mentioned above.
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