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So it's a slow day. Trying to remove the nuts, the ones that hold the head on,  from a 1950 flat head 134 that's been laying on the ground for a couple years. Unable to budge them by hand I got some help. 4ft by 2" pipe with this result.

 

 

 

 

 

So the question is; is this a cheap tool because it bent? Or is it a quality tool because it didn't break? :dunno:

 

Hey...I said it was a slow day. :yes:

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The tools was used (abused?) in a way it was not designed to be used.  If the socket was from the same tool set and did not break, that speaks to decent tool quality.  Frankly, an I beam would be a stronger shape for a breaker bar than the round bar shape used.

 

The amazing thing to me is that the frozen nut is still frozen and did not snap with a 4 ft. breaker bar.

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I had been soaking the nuts with Liquid Wrench for a week before trying to remove them. On the early flat heads there were 10 bolts and 5 studs holding the head on. Somebody messed with this one and all 15 were studs. Usually when a nut was froze to the stud, the stud would screw out of the block. No problem. The 2 middle studs screwed out but none of the others would budge. With the cheater bar I got 7 more nuts off, leaving 6 to go. I finally got the torch and heating the nut until it was cherry red, I got the rest of them off. The only thing that surprised was that I didn't shear any studs off.

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