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I found that the cheap birthday cake candles or canning wax work the best when dealing with seized fasteners. Heat the problem bolt or nut up with a torch then touch the wax to it, it will wick in like water.
Bert
I would look at replacing the inner axle seals, inner hub oil seals and flanged outer oil seals. The front axle CVs are packed with allot of grease to function properly.
A word of caution, do not use NOS seals, they will start to leak in a very short time. When you replace the flanged seals do...
I would go to local Hyd repair shop for the O rings, ask them for Viton seals. Make sure to put a light coating of Lithium grease during the install.
Bert
Storm,
You made me laugh so hard I thought I was going to have a stroke.
Gunny,
I got my draft pads on in the first try. Chemicals are your friend to soften them enough and install them.
Bert
I just went back to a couple of my old posts and was able to edit without any problems.
I see the different top of the page location for "Reason for Editing" but it seems to work just fine.
Bert