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About getting old sensor out...

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posted by  lucid on  Sat Dec 17 15:31 CST 2011
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...may I suggest that mechanical shock may be more effective than just the brute force torque applied by a long breaker bar.

By all means, you need a breaker bar and a good-fitting 6-sided socket. But consider augmenting the bar's torque with blows from a heavy hammer down near the socket end. (Think "impact wrench".)


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New Anyone wiling to sell me a _small_ quantity of nickel anti-seize?
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