This lower engine bolt has been giving me severe grief. It is totally stuck, corroded into the aluminum lugs, not siezed at the threaded end or the bolt head just those lugs. If the central part wasnt exposed to the elements and if honda had properly protected that bolt then this wouldnt happen. The engine has obviously been in the frame since it was built. The old prob when steel meets Aluminum. Ive tried various methods, used plus gas, bashed it, heated it,but got so frustrated that this is the last bolt to seperate the engine from the frame that ive sawn through the bolt adjuster, just cut through the last few threads of it so I can use it again. Ive cut through the bolt itself, in the pic to the left. see the rust on it, wellit must be a tad worse deeper along the lug part. may be a should warm the lug and use some pipe freezer on the bolt so one expands and one contracts or i go to plan b.
This lower engine bolt has been giving me severe grief. It is totally stuck, corroded into the aluminum lugs, not siezed at the threaded end or the bolt head just those lugs. If the central part wasnt exposed to the elements and if honda had properly protected that bolt then this wouldnt happen. The engine has obviously been in the frame since it was built. The old prob when steel meets Aluminum. Ive tried various methods, used plus gas, bashed it, heated it,but got so frustrated that this is the last bolt to seperate the engine from the frame that ive sawn through the bolt adjuster, just cut through the last few threads of it so I can use it again. Ive cut through the bolt itself, in the pic to the left. see the rust on it, wellit must be a tad worse deeper along the lug part. may be a should warm the lug and use some pipe freezer on the bolt so one expands and one contracts or i go to plan b.
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