locktight its great until u have to undo it.

[niko]

any tips wen undoing locktighted items?

[PULLY6]

Prepsol/WD40, and a lot of force.

[neb]

if you're talking about tailshaft bolts i've got a plan of attack.. i remember how i did it last time though they wouldnt of been as tight as they are now. i used my torque wrench as a breaker bar on the 18mm bolts and that got them undone quite easily. the torque wrench is bigger than your breaker bar and yeah i that should get it... hopefully. i remember i was having trouble using a socket wrench thing.. and then the torque wrench got them really easily.

[Kryton]

dont know what its called but there is a device that you can put a socket on the end of , and the other end you belt with a hammer which force the bolt undone.
someone should know what they are called. cant think of it at the moment.
impact driver maybe?????

[old_mate]

using a torque wrench as a breaker bar will ruin its calibration in a real hurry

davway i think you are correct in saying that tool is a impact driver

another way is to heat the bolt with a oxy torch then go at it with a breaker bar and impact socket

[AUII_Forte]

Locktite sucks!!! I couldn't even get my diff plage bolts undone with a 3/4 rattle gun!

[stockstandard]

dont use a torque wrench as a breaker bar if you can avoid it. Go to a hardware store and grab 18" of 1" steam pipe, put that over the end of a spanner and hang off it - I have never found a bolt that wont budge.

[Qwikcorty]

heat it up, i do the same thing to undo similar things at work. but dont go crazy with the heat.

[neb]

thats ok i dont want to use this torque wrench as a torque wrench anyway.. its one of the cheaper ones and isnt very accurate at all. i used it on my rocker gear and one of the rocker gear bolt heads snapped off, and i used it on my tailshaft bolts and they ended up coming loose lol. so it works better as a breaker bar

[sphell]

what bolt are you trying to undo?

[neb]

tailshaft bolts

[santoitaliano]

yea impact wrench will work...

otherwise get a long socket handle.. torque wrenches have a tendency to themselves when put in situation...

[gtfpv]

mild heat melts locktight it is a well known trade secret

[niko]

ye, a pole works empty steel pipe but ye just gotta find one, we were using a 30odd cm braker bar and bastard wouldnt budge...

[klawsterfobik]

WeetBix are a must before anything involving strength!

no wonder your torque wrench doesnt work too well neb, using them backwards hurts them really badly.

I havent even used mine yet.. i need some 1/2inch drive sockets good excuse to go shopping i think!

[niko]

we got them off, torque wrench and uni joint

[Psycho Chicken]

pffft, rattle gun.

Originally Posted by davway

impact driver maybe?????

That's the one.

[460cixy]

i had to get some rounded off ones un done with an angle grinder ;)