Re: Atlas milling machine with a stuck arbor
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Is this an arbor that inserts into a hollow spindle? If so, have you verified there?is no draw bar or retaining bolt? Apologies if this isn't pertinent, but I've been fooled by a setscrew?hidden in a dirt covered hub of a wheel I wanted apart. BTW, Kroil had worked so well that when I removed the setscrew, the wheel slid off the rusted axle.
On Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 7:08?PM Bill in OKC too via <wmrmeyers= [email protected]> wrote: I generally have more time than money. I'm maybe halfway through the 1st gallon of WD-40 I bought a decade ago. I'm also a cheap bastrich. ;) YMMV!
Lotsa ways to accomplish that sort of task. I'm also a hobbyist, and doing this stuff on a retirees limited budget and in confined spaces. Andctend to drool uncontrollably when I see truly better ways to do things...
But I generally have fun!
Bill in OKC?
William R. Meyers, MSgt, USAF(Ret.)
Aphorisms to live by: Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.? SEMPER GUMBY!
Expect in one hand, expectorate in the other. See which one gets full first.
ATF & acetone, Liquid Wrench, PB B'laster, WD-40 all work to some extent, but in my experience they all fall short of the real king of the hill - Kroil.? You can get it in aerosol cans as Aero Kroil, and there is a version with silicone called Sili Kroil.? It can be hard to find and expensive - I paid just about $100 for a gallon can at my local NAPA the other day - but it seems to work when the others won't.? Apply it and let it soak in over a period of time, tapping or twisting or pulling each time you add more, and you may just find the arbor on the floor the next time you pass.? Patience is a virtue.
I've got to take the bed off my 17 year old Ranger to replace a frame crossmember, and will start the Kroil treatment on the bed bolts tomorrow.? Perhaps by sometime next week they'll all be loose, but I don't expect it to take that long.
You've heard the old Army saying?'If?it moves, salute it. If it doesn't move, pick it up. If you can't pick it up, paint it.'? My version would be "If you want it loose, Kroil.? If you think you (or some other poor bastard) will need it loose again, Never Seez".
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
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