Penetrating Oils

[rideOn]

I copied this from my Royal Enfield forum which was copied from the Ural forum. Good tip!

Penetrating Oils Compared

Machinist's Workshop magazine actually tested penetrants for break
out torque on rusted nuts. Significant results! They arranged a subjective
test of all the popular penetrants with the control being the torque
required to remove the nut from a "scientifically rusted" environment.

Penetrating oil ..... Average load

None ..................... 516 pounds

WD-40 .................. 238 pounds

PB Blaster ..............214 pounds

Liquid Wrench ...... 127 pounds

Kano Kroil ............ 106 pounds

ATF-Acetone mix... 53 pounds

ATF is found in any auto section and acetone is cheap at tractor supply

[drtybykr]

I have a buddy that would shine his old charger, and his gs with it as well, -acetone

[rideOn]

good stuff, just a b-otch to smell. it does a nice job rejuvenating rubber

[FiftyGS1100G]

I copied this from my Royal Enfield forum which was copied from the Ural forum. Good tip!

Penetrating Oils Compared

Machinist's Workshop magazine actually tested penetrants for break
out torque on rusted nuts. Significant results! They arranged a subjective
test of all the popular penetrants with the control being the torque
required to remove the nut from a "scientifically rusted" environment.

Penetrating oil ..... Average load

None ..................... 516 pounds

WD-40 .................. 238 pounds

PB Blaster ..............214 pounds

Liquid Wrench ...... 127 pounds

Kano Kroil ............ 106 pounds

ATF-Acetone mix... 53 pounds

ATF is found in any auto section and acetone is cheap at tractor supply

I'm in the middle of an exhaust job and this info around penetrating oils is great.Is the ratio 50/50 for the acetone/ATF mix? cheers Paul

[Road_Clam]

That info is all well and good provided you can get the oil to the heart of the corrossion. In many circumstances (like GS semi-inverted rusted/siezed exhaust bolts ) You need a aerosol spray oil to get to the root of the bolt/stud. I swear by PB, and the ATF/Acetone trick sounds cool, i'll have to give it a try!

[Kyoritsu]

I almost didn't open this cause I thought PB Blaster duh; )

Cool man; good post.

[Killer2600]

Good stuff. Just two things: What's the ATF-Acetone mix ratio and how do I get it into a aerosol can?

[Sandy]

Good stuff. Just two things: What's the ATF-Acetone mix ratio and how do I get it into a aerosol can?

It's 50/50, you could try a spray bottle but the acetone would probably melt it.
Here's a link from a couple of months ago.

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?t=157170&highlight=acetone

[twodogs58]

spray bottles

there are some metal spray containers that you can pressurize with compressed air available from various suppliers - search carquest sureshot model a.