I listen to everyone's ideas. I found I learn a lot more than way. I am 72 years old and the older I get the more I find out how little I know. Oh, to be 16 years old again when I knew everything. Stubborn people just refuse to try new ideas but it is their lost.
Just coming back here after a few years to note that this video made the rounds of the brass instrument repair industry and revolutionized how many of us pull stuck slides. Penetrating oil is okay, but the candle trick is far superior. And when you are dealing with soft solder joints and thin brass, less effort is more.
Hey you-tubers... this actually works! I had some rusted bolts that I could not break free with hundreds of pounds of force, but a lighter and candle wax made them bolts come out like butter. Simply awesome!!
Man you're a life saver. I'm installing a lift kit on my XJ and was about to give up on removing my lower control arms, then saw your video. I crushed some wax around the bolt and the rusted out nut and put a lighter to both sides. Came off with my impact wrench immediately. Thanks again!
I was totally skeptical that this would work, but it sure does. Got the lug nuts off of my wife's (almost 20 year old) minivan when even my 1/2" drive impact couldn't budge them. Thanks!
As an automotive tech and engine builder, (those darn oil galley plugs on rear of the old Chevys) this works quiet good! At least for the last 30 years! Lol
11/10 can verify this works. Saw this video after spending hours fighting 40+ year old lug nuts. Got all 20 off in under 30 mins after watching this .. Well earned like on the way.. I will never forget this trick, cannot recommend enough
This works as demonstrated in the video. I just finished removing a steel alloy head bolt "frozen" in an aluminum alloy block. This boat motor is 49 years old. Up to this point I had already removed the cylinder head bolts except for 2. One stuck in each head in the same area on each side of the exhaust manifold. Using a Dremel, I cut the hex head off the bolt and removed the port side cylinder head so I could get to the beginning of the thread. Even with a light breeze outside, I was able to do it after 5 attempts. The guy in the vid did a great job explaining it and referenced another TH-cam vid that used a torch. I thanked that poster as well. The lighter and what was left of a 2" candle did the trick. I did start with PB Blaster and I was able to at least move it a little, BUT it would have rung off and/or damaged the threads in the block if I had forced it. I'm working on the starboard side now. Thanks Angell Kustoms!
I am sooooOoo glad you had this video up, you saved my butt. I had a couple of very small bolts break off in the aluminum differential of my lawn tractor. They hold the brake caliper on. I had to use a torch instead of a lighter, but the basic concept worked. I have already spent around $50 and two days on this. This worked in about a half hour. Many thanks!
Genius! Pure genius! I'm open-mouthed with admiration. Thank you. One suggestion is to use a candle for the flame instead of the lighter. The metal bit around the top of the lighter can get quite hot.
Wow. I have a '38 Dodge with insane lug nuts. I was going to use my breaker bar and torch tomorrow morning. I was worried about breaking the lug nuts. Tonight I thought just perhaps someone had a better idea. MAN am I glad I found your video. Thank you very much.
Many thanks for this I used this on a very rusted oxygen sensor on a 17yr Vauxhall Astra I just used the hot engine temp on the exhaust manifold to melt the candle where the oxygen sensor is located and and it came off so easy with a socket and large breaker bar on the first attempt
Angell! You just saved me MONEY and trouble! Yesterday they wouldn't move...did what you said. Thank you THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO!! kEITH IN nEW mEXICO dEC. 22, 2021
I remembered this from 5 years ago, never forgot the concept, but not the way he has shown this. Found this link again in my Jeep file researching the torque numbers to replace my front breaks. I know I will run into this as I remove the old routers etc and hubs, possible the lugs. Reading the remarks, I may be looking to do this with earnest, but now have a new tool in my tool box. A+
It absolutely works! I have a 4 wheel salt water boat trailer. Last year a had to destroy the lugs and 2 wheels trying to get the old nuts off. I was about to do the same to the other 2 wheels when I thought I checkout TH-cam. And low and behold I saw the candle trick. Do they just fall off - no, you still have to work at them. But they do move. Some of the nuts were that rusty and corroded, that I could actually hammer a socket a size smaller on. You saved me a bunch of money this time - thanks!
AWESOME VIDEO BRO! worked like a charm. Taking off rusted toilet tank bolts had to let the flame sit for a while and let the wax start bubbling but after that it was smooth sailing. Thanks again!
I once got into a position were I was also unable to get a lug nut to release. I was able to use a lighter like this man did but did not have the candle. Instead I had a small hammer which I was able to tap on the nut as it was being heated and it released with out me twisting it off. It saved the day and a lot of down time.
I was changing lower support arms for my 2001 pathfinder. Like always the last bolt would not come out(always the last one).Using a impact gun and liquidwrench, pb blast and that orange can shit Areosomthing. The nut would not come off. My impact socket was starting to tear the nut up. I saw this video and I don't know if it was the combination of all or just the wax, BUT THE SHIT WORKED!!! Thank you Angell Kustoms
Don't know if that really works, but DO NOT use torque wrench to open nuts! Opening with torque wrench is going to broke the wrench calibration, so after misusing the wrench you can't trust its accuracy anymore...
your right but what I dident say is that I only use my old torque wrench that isent good for anything els now but seems to be what a lot of people are pointing out lol
You can use a good torque wrench to open walnuts, I guess, but FUCK YEAH!!! Have to say I thought this was total bullshit until I tried it!!! I told a few people about this and the just laughed at me, fuck`em, let`em fuck shit up, kick - ass video my friend.
Haven't tried this but I talked to a guy in a truck shop and he told me something similar. When trying to remove rusted/frozen turbocharger bolts he would use the a wax toilet boll seal and heat the housing in the same manner. He had many years of experience and swore it worked.
Two people may believe it's due to unequal heating, but do it without the candle and you'll oh so quickly see the "secret ingredient" as being the candle wax being drawn down the threads. Unequal heat (smiley, verging on laughing, face). Side note: crayons (with "unequal" heat) work as well ...
in my situation I needed to unscrew a rusted bolt on a bike. I used the candle to heat up the bolt and then used the wax on it and hit it around its sides with a hammer and it worked!
It didn’t work for me at first. I had to put additional wax behind the tractor tire rim. The lighter wasn’t enough heat. I used a torch. Then it came loose. Thank you.
Wow, I used this today and it worked great. I removed a stuck, rusted clutch slave cylinder which was made of iron that fits tightly in a cylindrical hole in the aluminum bell housing. Frozen tight due to rust over decades. In an Alfa Romeo, these are notoriously hard to remove. Did not budge after many uses of penetrating oil. But the Wax worked! I heated it with a propane torch on low flame instead of a lighter. Thanks for the information on this method. Could hardly believe it when I put the wrench on it to twist it and it actually moved!
It works similar to penetrating spray. Penetrating spray injects alcohol into the gaps, then as the alcohol evaporates it draws the oil into the void. Wax expands massively when it is melted allowing it to penetrate, then as it cools it contracts drawing more wax into the joint.
Great, short and precise, video! Thanks! This is just what I think I'll need to get the seized nut off of an outdoor water spigot that's probably 60 years old! I saw other videos that used a torch, but what 60-year-old, single woman has a torch at home (well, not me, anyway)? I was wondering if I could do it with my Bic BBQ lighter, and found your video. Thank, you; thank you!
This does work . A young kid did this a couple weeks ago at work. We had a couple bolts we couldn’t get loose and high heat was not an option. He was like “ watch this “ . I couldn’t believe it , they came off with little to no effort .
Congrats on almost a million views! Had to do this today with my baby sisters car. It worked on almost all 4 of the lugnuts! I was shocked! It was that male fixer-up nirvana when you know it’s a long shot and it works!! A few things.. be sure to prime the candle a little, just like if you were soldering. I forget the word, but I’m trying think of when you solder your tip on a soldering iron. I guess that’s probably just how you’d say it. This helps the wax melt. Also, couple problems I encountered. I had tried the hammer trick and one lugnut got a bit malformed, and it is now stuck in my wrench. That’s my fault. Otherwise it would’ve worked great! My wrench is also a bit strained, I can see almost like it’s starting to pressure crack. The wax does a lot, but it doesn’t turn the lugnut for you obviously, so somethings might get damaged. Finally, on my third nut, I ended up cracking the screw and I’ll have to drill that out. I blame that more on the position of the nut and the shape of my candle. There was just no getting it in there the way i needed. Also, this was done outside in the autumn wind on a gravel driveway. If I had a shop, this technique works perfectly fine. Sorry that I don’t know any of the lingo, I didn’t have a dad to show me any of this and I never took a shop class. Thanks for the pro tip!!
Interesting. He's right. BTW, you probably saw that the paraffin wax had run only into the first bit of the thread, not all the way through. Like with glued or riveted or welded lap joints, almost all of the "stiction" happens at the ends, not evenly throughout the length. If a nut is jammed, it is really "jammed" only at the interface where it meets and presses against the component.
People saying that wax won't work rah rah. That's like saying thick lubricant that comes in a jar but gets hard when oxygenated won't work. Wax is a similar fluid. This seems to be true cause the wax is flowing down the thread then when it hardens it expands making it easier to remove the nut.
Wax does not expand when it hardens, that is a somewhat unique property of water. Almost everything else contracts when solidified: The default is for things to shrink when they freeze. This is because, normally, if you make something hotter, it vibrates more. IceWhen it vibrates more, it tends to take up more space, so it tends to expand. Ice is very unusual that, as it gets colder, although the particles are vibrating less, it expands. The reason for that is due to the strange shape of water. If you’ve ever seen the picture of a water molecule, it looks like a Mickey Mouse head with an oxygen molecule where Mickey Mouse’s face is, and then two hydrogen atoms where his ears are.
Project Farm on youtube, showed that acetone and automatic transmission fluid only helped a bit. Apparently Gibbs is best for penetrating and reducing necessary torque. And just heat from a blowtorch seemed to be even better.
the melting wax is drawn into the hot threads by capillarity action and then loosens or lubricates the threads - also I have never done this myself but I believe it does not matter how you heat the bolt from all sides etc as long as it is hot enough to melt the wax and draw it into the thread - same principle behind soldering or solder welding tightly fitting copper joints - good video thanks
I gotta try this! Been wrestling with lug nuts on my 1955 Ford Vanette. I've squirted the hell out of them with lubricant for a few days now. I'll get back with the results.
Next time tell him to skip the crayons..heat a bleeder screw with a torch (even propane) and it'll come free..no need to contaminate the brake fluid with paraffin or other oils..
Doug Gyver , just a quick question, how is the crayon contaminating the brake fluid by heating up the bleeder? Is the brake paddle all the way done and when bleeder is lose, someone lets go of brake paddle. Just asking
if you are replacing wheel cylinder or caliper in your proposed scenarios. you may as well try your crayon/candle. i am replacing wheel cylinder tomorow on a 96 f250. im going to give this a try
I recommend PB Blaster. Better than Liquid Wrench or WD40. Does the sam, but can be used where flame is dangerous. Spray it on the exposed thread and it will work all the way through the nut in an hour or two. Then use a 6 point socket. But not a fast as heating the nut with a gas welding torch. btw, Unless you want to drill through the cap, the only one of these that works well on an over torqued acorn nut is the torch.
bees wax has been used for years in the old school just heat and smear on the bees wax also works good on grinding wheels on aluminum to keep from loading up
What happens when you put the nuts back? Will they stay tight? The wax will be still there and will make it go loose later when the temperature increases due to rotating wheels?
I am praying this works. I am at a friend's home, I have a flat tire. I don't have money for a tire. I called roadside assistance through my insurance. They arrived, they can’t Loosen the lugnuts on one tire. I can call my roadside assistance for a tow as long as it's in a 15 mile radius. So my friend and I are checking out the places within a 15 mile radius. The 1st inquiry tells me, tow the car there. If they can't Loosen the lugnuts I will have to have the car towed someplace else. Well, in that case, if they can't get the lugnuts loosened I will be responsible to pay for another towing and this time around my roadside assistance won't pay. I simply don't have the money to pay for a towing. So, my friend and I go to another tire shop to gain information. OMG, what a terrifying scenario they gave me. Mind you I have about $100 in the bank for the month. I can't afford anything and survive the rest of the month. So this next place tells me. They charge $120 per hour. It could take them 30 minutes to remove the lugnuts or it could take 4 to 5 hours just to remove the lugnuts. According to the last tire shop. $120 per hour. 4 hours work on just removing lugnuts would cost $480 plus tax. Then they said it would cost for the tire removal, the fixing of the tire and possibly a new tire. This was all without looking at the tire. The sales manager expressed how much it cost for maintaining their building and business; electricity, taxes etc. & how they are not the cheapest but not the most expensive place around. I will point out, my friend is a man. When we initially approached the manager to inquire he made the assumption my male friend what there to do business, when he was informed I the female was the one doing business and it was my vehicle I truly got the impression he felt he could take advantage of me. I am thinking a tire removal, even with stuck lugnuts and a potential tire would cost me close to or way over $800 if I did business with this tire shop. So the answer is that I don't have that kind of money. While speaking with this manager at the 2nd tire shop he was leaning toward spending at least 6 hours on my tire. Doing the math in my head as this manager is tossing the cost a me is getting very pricey. I am praying this candle and lighter thing works. Thank you for this video.
I listen to everyone's ideas. I found I learn a lot more than way. I am 72 years old and the older I get the more I find out how little I know. Oh, to be 16 years old again when I knew everything. Stubborn people just refuse to try new ideas but it is their lost.
Great point
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Just coming back here after a few years to note that this video made the rounds of the brass instrument repair industry and revolutionized how many of us pull stuck slides. Penetrating oil is okay, but the candle trick is far superior. And when you are dealing with soft solder joints and thin brass, less effort is more.
You are my freakin hero for this video!!! I got stranded and still can't get my tire off to fix it. This video was a life saver!!! Thank You so much!
im glad it helps some of you
Ashlee Lamb Where were you stranded that you had a candle and lighter with you?
Ashlee Lamb did you put it on the nut itself or the threads of it?
Hey you-tubers... this actually works! I had some rusted bolts that I could not break free with hundreds of pounds of force, but a lighter and candle wax made them bolts come out like butter. Simply awesome!!
Man you're a life saver. I'm installing a lift kit on my XJ and was about to give up on removing my lower control arms, then saw your video. I crushed some wax around the bolt and the rusted out nut and put a lighter to both sides. Came off with my impact wrench immediately. Thanks again!
I was totally skeptical that this would work, but it sure does. Got the lug nuts off of my wife's (almost 20 year old) minivan when even my 1/2" drive impact couldn't budge them. Thanks!
omg it worked for u for real
As an automotive tech and engine builder, (those darn oil galley plugs on rear of the old Chevys) this works quiet good! At least for the last 30 years! Lol
Mark Barnhill We'll see of the method goes 31 years ... haha jk.
11/10 can verify this works. Saw this video after spending hours fighting 40+ year old lug nuts. Got all 20 off in under 30 mins after watching this .. Well earned like on the way.. I will never forget this trick, cannot recommend enough
This works as demonstrated in the video. I just finished removing a steel alloy head bolt "frozen" in an aluminum alloy block. This boat motor is 49 years old. Up to this point I had already removed the cylinder head bolts except for 2. One stuck in each head in the same area on each side of the exhaust manifold. Using a Dremel, I cut the hex head off the bolt and removed the port side cylinder head so I could get to the beginning of the thread. Even with a light breeze outside, I was able to do it after 5 attempts. The guy in the vid did a great job explaining it and referenced another TH-cam vid that used a torch. I thanked that poster as well. The lighter and what was left of a 2" candle did the trick. I did start with PB Blaster and I was able to at least move it a little, BUT it would have rung off and/or damaged the threads in the block if I had forced it. I'm working on the starboard side now. Thanks Angell Kustoms!
I am sooooOoo glad you had this video up, you saved my butt. I had a couple of very small bolts break off in the aluminum differential of my lawn tractor. They hold the brake caliper on. I had to use a torch instead of a lighter, but the basic concept worked. I have already spent around $50 and two days on this. This worked in about a half hour. Many thanks!
Why all the haters.the man is trying to help people.if you think is B.S then look for another tip.
THANKS MAN! THAT'S TOO MUCH AWSOMENESS! I'm an old junkyard dog (70 next week) always ready to learn new tricks!
glad I could help I have more videos on youtube feel free to check them out
Genius! Pure genius! I'm open-mouthed with admiration. Thank you. One suggestion is to use a candle for the flame instead of the lighter. The metal bit around the top of the lighter can get quite hot.
I just used this method on four of the most stubborn wheel nuts out there...and it worked a treat. Cheers.
It really worked !!!! Amen !!!! 1994 Honda Accord axle nut. Saved me from having to find somebody with a heavy duty impact gun.
Wow. I have a '38 Dodge with insane lug nuts. I was going to use my breaker bar and torch tomorrow morning. I was worried about breaking the lug nuts. Tonight I thought just perhaps someone had a better idea. MAN am I glad I found your video. Thank you very much.
it work on an old brass letter box flap , couldn't loosen a nut . you are an angel for passing this on Thank you and God bless you.
Many thanks for this I used this on a very rusted oxygen sensor on a 17yr Vauxhall Astra I just used the hot engine temp on the exhaust manifold to melt the candle where the oxygen sensor is located and and it came off so easy with a socket and large breaker bar on the first attempt
Thanks used it on manifold to exhaust pipe , worked! Started engine & used birthday candle on threads.
Terrific video. We have been fighting with the lug nuts on a '38 Dodge. Thank you so much.
One of the most useful tips on TH-cam.
Thanks for this video. Always wondered why grandpa kept candles in the garage
Love your idea! Thanks. Here is a cool tip. Spray ;paint with colors your tips on your wrench to remember which size you use the most.
Angell! You just saved me MONEY and trouble! Yesterday they wouldn't move...did what you said. Thank you THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO!! kEITH IN nEW mEXICO dEC. 22, 2021
I remembered this from 5 years ago, never forgot the concept, but not the way he has shown this.
Found this link again in my Jeep file researching the torque numbers to replace my front breaks.
I know I will run into this as I remove the old routers etc and hubs, possible the lugs.
Reading the remarks, I may be looking to do this with earnest, but now have a new tool in my tool box.
A+
....... I may be "not" be looking......
Could also be the expansion of the nut as well...
But, I've heard of this trick, now I know it definitely works.!
It absolutely works! I have a 4 wheel salt water boat trailer. Last year
a had to destroy the lugs and 2 wheels trying to get the old nuts off. I
was about to do the same to the other 2 wheels when I thought I
checkout TH-cam. And low and behold I saw the candle trick. Do they
just fall off - no, you still have to work at them. But they do move.
Some of the nuts were that rusty and corroded, that I could actually
hammer a socket a size smaller on. You saved me a bunch of money this
time - thanks!
Interesting! I will definitely try this out next time there is a need for it, thanks for sharing!
Used that trick many times...also giving the nuts a crack with a hammer can shock them, and release the rust holding them prior to using the candle.
AWESOME VIDEO BRO! worked like a charm. Taking off rusted toilet tank bolts had to let the flame sit for a while and let the wax start bubbling but after that it was smooth sailing. Thanks again!
I once got into a position were I was also unable to get a lug nut to release. I was able to use a lighter like this man did but did not have the candle. Instead I had a small hammer which I was able to tap on the nut as it was being heated and it released with out me twisting it off. It saved the day and a lot of down time.
just tried this on a stuck tie rod end nut, and it worked instantly! thank you so much
very thoughtful of you to pass this on, thank-you!
I was changing lower support arms for my 2001 pathfinder. Like always the last bolt would not come out(always the last one).Using a impact gun and liquidwrench, pb blast and that orange can shit Areosomthing. The nut would not come off. My impact socket was starting to tear the nut up. I saw this video and I don't know if it was the combination of all or just the wax, BUT THE SHIT WORKED!!! Thank you Angell Kustoms
Don't know if that really works, but DO NOT use torque wrench to open nuts! Opening with torque wrench is going to broke the wrench calibration, so after misusing the wrench you can't trust its accuracy anymore...
your right but what I dident say is that I only use my old torque wrench that isent good for anything els now but seems to be what a lot of people are pointing out lol
You can use a good torque wrench to open walnuts, I guess, but FUCK YEAH!!! Have to say I thought this was total bullshit until I tried it!!! I told a few people about this and the just laughed at me, fuck`em, let`em fuck shit up, kick - ass video my friend.
If using a torque wrench in reverse knocks it out of calibration, then how would you torque something with left hand threads?
running around barefoot in your workshop, priceless
Haven't tried this but I talked to a guy in a truck shop and he told me something similar. When trying to remove rusted/frozen turbocharger bolts he would use the a wax toilet boll seal and heat the housing in the same manner. He had many years of experience and swore it worked.
Thank you, just got 4 seriously rusted wheel nuts off of my stock trailer using your method 👍🏻
Sounds good I hope I can remember this when I need it !
Brilliant idea, thanks for posting. Will remember that little trick for the future.
Unequal heating is an old trick I learned about from a grizzled old mechanic a long time ago, so he probably learned it before the war.
+GrimlyKK I think that is what's actually doing it.
Two people may believe it's due to unequal heating, but do it without the candle and you'll oh so quickly see the "secret ingredient" as being the candle wax being drawn down the threads.
Unequal heat (smiley, verging on laughing, face).
Side note: crayons (with "unequal" heat) work as well ...
in my situation I needed to unscrew a rusted bolt on a bike. I used the candle to heat up the bolt and then used the wax on it and hit it around its sides with a hammer and it worked!
It didn’t work for me at first. I had to put additional wax behind the tractor tire rim. The lighter wasn’t enough heat. I used a torch. Then it came loose. Thank you.
Wow, I used this today and it worked great. I removed a stuck, rusted clutch slave cylinder which was made of iron that fits tightly in a cylindrical hole in the aluminum bell housing. Frozen tight due to rust over decades. In an Alfa Romeo, these are notoriously hard to remove. Did not budge after many uses of penetrating oil. But the Wax worked! I heated it with a propane torch on low flame instead of a lighter. Thanks for the information on this method. Could hardly believe it when I put the wrench on it to twist it and it actually moved!
Wooow HOW CLEVER!! Time, energy AND money saving!! Glad my Nephew referred me to you!!
It works similar to penetrating spray. Penetrating spray injects alcohol into the gaps, then as the alcohol evaporates it draws the oil into the void. Wax expands massively when it is melted allowing it to penetrate, then as it cools it contracts drawing more wax into the joint.
Thanks for explaining. I’ve learned a lot in 10 minutes
I just did it and it worked,tomorrow i don't have to kick the guy's head( i pleaded with him not to OVER TIGHTEN the lugs) he said don't worry!!!
Amazing, 1 hour no progress with 4ft extended bars, took 5 mins for all 5, cant believe it,
I'd like to know who the guy was that first thought this up, talk about thinking outside the box?
Great, short and precise, video! Thanks! This is just what I think I'll need to get the seized nut off of an outdoor water spigot that's probably 60 years old! I saw other videos that used a torch, but what 60-year-old, single woman has a torch at home (well, not me, anyway)? I was wondering if I could do it with my Bic BBQ lighter, and found your video. Thank, you; thank you!
That's what I'm going to use, mini bic bbq lighter to get into wheel well.
I used the lighter and Candle now I can see what the hell I'm doing
This does work . A young kid did this a couple weeks ago at work. We had a couple bolts we couldn’t get loose and high heat was not an option. He was like “ watch this “ . I couldn’t believe it , they came off with little to no effort .
Congrats on almost a million views!
Had to do this today with my baby sisters car. It worked on almost all 4 of the lugnuts! I was shocked! It was that male fixer-up nirvana when you know it’s a long shot and it works!!
A few things.. be sure to prime the candle a little, just like if you were soldering. I forget the word, but I’m trying think of when you solder your tip on a soldering iron. I guess that’s probably just how you’d say it. This helps the wax melt.
Also, couple problems I encountered. I had tried the hammer trick and one lugnut got a bit malformed, and it is now stuck in my wrench. That’s my fault. Otherwise it would’ve worked great!
My wrench is also a bit strained, I can see almost like it’s starting to pressure crack. The wax does a lot, but it doesn’t turn the lugnut for you obviously, so somethings might get damaged.
Finally, on my third nut, I ended up cracking the screw and I’ll have to drill that out. I blame that more on the position of the nut and the shape of my candle. There was just no getting it in there the way i needed.
Also, this was done outside in the autumn wind on a gravel driveway. If I had a shop, this technique works perfectly fine.
Sorry that I don’t know any of the lingo, I didn’t have a dad to show me any of this and I never took a shop class.
Thanks for the pro tip!!
Thank you! this absolutely worked on my truck.
Interesting. He's right. BTW, you probably saw that the paraffin wax had run only into the first bit of the thread, not all the way through. Like with glued or riveted or welded lap joints, almost all of the "stiction" happens at the ends, not evenly throughout the length. If a nut is jammed, it is really "jammed" only at the interface where it meets and presses against the component.
It's a miracle! Very cool. Thanx for the tip :)
The full directions are:
1) Break your breaker bar on the nut
2) Finish off with lighter and candle
;)
Who would have thought! Great tip. Thanks
People saying that wax won't work rah rah. That's like saying thick lubricant that comes in a jar but gets hard when oxygenated won't work. Wax is a similar fluid. This seems to be true cause the wax is flowing down the thread then when it hardens it expands making it easier to remove the nut.
Wax does not expand when it hardens, that is a somewhat unique property of water. Almost everything else contracts when solidified: The default is for things to shrink when they freeze. This is because, normally, if you make something hotter, it vibrates more. IceWhen it vibrates more, it tends to take up more space, so it tends to expand.
Ice is very unusual that, as it gets colder, although the particles are vibrating less, it expands.
The reason for that is due to the strange shape of water. If you’ve ever seen the picture of a water molecule, it looks like a Mickey Mouse head with an oxygen molecule where Mickey Mouse’s face is, and then two hydrogen atoms where his ears are.
Wax expands when heated. That's how a car's thermostat works. :)
Sure, everyone knows there is a small stick candle inside the thermostat housing on all American car engines. :-/
AutomobileAddiction what?
I had an old 1/2 pickup. Most of the lug nuts were rusted on. We broke about 2 of 4 with a 16" break over. Used a decent impact wrench and no problem.
Very cool.
Just snapped off 2 lug nuts gonna try this out.
Thanks. Happy Motoring.
Never actually tried this, but I'll definitely keep it in mind for next time I get stuck. Thanks.
Wow thank you so much... it did work, on very rusted old trailet wheel, just need to slide some was in if it doesnt work, light it more
Worked like magic. Thank You !!!!!
What about putting it back on and tightening it, will it stay tight now with the wax??
Interesting, for sure I'll have to try this. Thx for the tip
I'm still trying to get past the fact he's barefoot in a shop area 😲
Don't forget the flammable nylon shorts too.....=8-) . -Nate
Ha, ha! Yeah, pretty strange.
It would have been funny if he got hot wax on the between-the-toes skin. Swearing would have ensued.
yeah, thats awesome.. lol
That messed with me the entire time ... you hate shoes and socks that much to go hang around a shop filled with rusty nuts screws barefoot
Wow bro ! Thanks for the tip ! I'm subscribing because that was awesome. I'm going to try it out later today after work.
Great trick. On worse cases us a 50/50 mix of acetone and ATF
Project Farm on youtube, showed that acetone and automatic transmission fluid only helped a bit.
Apparently Gibbs is best for penetrating and reducing necessary torque.
And just heat from a blowtorch seemed to be even better.
@@Dave--FkTheDeepstate Project Farm is great
the melting wax is drawn into the hot threads by capillarity action and then loosens or lubricates the threads - also I have never done this myself but I believe it does not matter how you heat the bolt from all sides etc as long as it is hot enough to melt the wax and draw it into the thread - same principle behind soldering or solder welding tightly fitting copper joints - good video thanks
WTF ??? That's pretty cool if it actually works. I will certainly try this. Thanks.
Low tech solutions are always the best!
Thanks 👍 would this work for rusty strut bolts
I gotta try this! Been wrestling with lug nuts on my 1955 Ford Vanette. I've squirted the hell out of them with lubricant for a few days now. I'll get back with the results.
works for large nuts and bolts but wondering if you can use this technique on a ROTOR SCREW (WHICH IS VERY SMALL)???
my coworker does basically the same thing with brake bleeders, except he uses a torch and crayons
Next time tell him to skip the crayons..heat a bleeder screw with a torch (even propane) and it'll come free..no need to contaminate the brake fluid with paraffin or other oils..
heat alone doesn't always work, and there's no contamination which gets left in the system
Doug Gyver , just a quick question, how is the crayon contaminating the brake fluid by heating up the bleeder? Is the brake paddle all the way done and when bleeder is lose, someone lets go of brake paddle. Just asking
if you are replacing wheel cylinder or caliper in your proposed scenarios. you may as well try your crayon/candle. i am replacing wheel cylinder tomorow on a 96 f250. im going to give this a try
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there's no point in opening the bleeder if you're just replacing the wheel cylinder lol
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This was incredible to watch!!! A+ video, I'm going to try this on normal very tight lugs, just to see how easy it is over my arm strength.
I would've definitely lost a money bet on this, good video
Great. I had that to look forward to this weekend on our weathered, backyard jeep. Thanks
Nice trick. I just used it and it worked
I recommend PB Blaster. Better than Liquid Wrench or WD40. Does the sam, but can be used where flame is dangerous.
Spray it on the exposed thread and it will work all the way through the nut in an hour or two. Then use a 6 point socket.
But not a fast as heating the nut with a gas welding torch.
btw, Unless you want to drill through the cap, the only one of these that works well on an over torqued acorn nut is the torch.
Great tip! I had a stuck bolt (actually a few) on my wheel.
That was easy, thanks for sharing the technique
bees wax has been used for years in the old school just heat and smear on the bees wax also works good on grinding wheels on aluminum to keep from loading up
Do you have to make sure to get all the wax off before you tighten them back up?
If this works, I will buy you a beer. Many thanks.
Great method man!
Do you think i could use this method with a lighter and some drops of lubricant,
to loosen the glow plugs on a diesel engine?
Saw my dad do that back in the sixties on a 57 Chevy. Forgot all about it.
I'll remember this.
great video will this work on galvanised plumbing pipes
Will that work on a bleeder nut for a 2004 Chevy Blazer ?
I love the flame tattoos on your arm well 3D amazing, where did you get it done?
Old time pipefitters have been using a torch and beeswax for decades. Melt the beeswax in a small paper cup of paper straws for storage.
thank you for posting. this is awesome.
Thanks u saved time and money .... ! I owe u
What happens when you put the nuts back? Will they stay tight? The wax will be still there and will make it go loose later when the temperature increases due to rotating wheels?
sangtalkid sangtalkid nope it won’t if tightened correctly
I bent a steel pipe trying to get 5 lug nuts off ...tried this, came right off...Thanks!
Bro thats was a life savior..... thanks...
I am praying this works.
I am at a friend's home, I have a flat tire. I don't have money for a tire.
I called roadside assistance through my insurance. They arrived, they can’t Loosen the lugnuts on one tire.
I can call my roadside assistance for a tow as long as it's in a 15 mile radius.
So my friend and I are checking out the places within a 15 mile radius.
The 1st inquiry tells me, tow the car there. If they can't Loosen the lugnuts I will have to have the car towed someplace else. Well, in that case, if they can't get the lugnuts loosened I will be responsible to pay for another towing and this time around my roadside assistance won't pay. I simply don't have the money to pay for a towing.
So, my friend and I go to another tire shop to gain information.
OMG, what a terrifying scenario they gave me.
Mind you I have about $100 in the bank for the month. I can't afford anything and survive the rest of the month.
So this next place tells me. They charge $120 per hour. It could take them 30 minutes to remove the lugnuts or it could take 4 to 5 hours just to remove the lugnuts.
According to the last tire shop. $120 per hour. 4 hours work on just removing lugnuts would cost $480 plus tax.
Then they said it would cost for the tire removal, the fixing of the tire and possibly a new tire.
This was all without looking at the tire.
The sales manager expressed how much it cost for maintaining their building and business; electricity, taxes etc. & how they are not the cheapest but not the most expensive place around.
I will point out, my friend is a man. When we initially approached the manager to inquire he made the assumption my male friend what there to do business, when he was informed I the female was the one doing business and it was my vehicle I truly got the impression he felt he could take advantage of me.
I am thinking a tire removal, even with stuck lugnuts and a potential tire would cost me close to or way over $800 if I did business with this tire shop. So the answer is that I don't have that kind of money. While speaking with this manager at the 2nd tire shop he was leaning toward spending at least 6 hours on my tire. Doing the math in my head as this manager is tossing the cost a me is getting very pricey.
I am praying this candle and lighter thing works.
Thank you for this video.