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Tim Ayers · 11-26-2022, 09:25 PM

I recently purchased a heat induction tool made by Bolt Buster. Main reason I went with Bolt Buster is the tool is made in the USA. I really bought it for an off topic reason, but thought I give it a go on the head studs of a super rusty 99A block I have that's due for a tear down.

I ran the tool over one bank of studs. Took 15 secs. per stud (not a typo) for the stud to get cherry red. I moved on to the next one and so forth. By the time I was done, the studs I heated first backed out of the block like they were just put in.

I couldn't believe it. Removing studs use to be a 1-2 day job. I was able to do one bank in 30 minutes start to finish.

I'm going to do the other bank over the Christmas break, but so far this tool has been a game changer. It use to take 4-5 minutes per stud using the oxy-acetylene torch. It would sometimes take two or three times hitting them with the torch.

I also used a brand of penetrating oil I never used before called Free All. It seems to work better than Kroil. The threads of all the studs were actually wet showing the oil got in there.

Here are links to both items.

Bolt Buster:
https://boltbusterinc.com

Free All penetrating oil
https://fedpro.com/pages/freeall

11-26-2022, 09:25 PM	#1
Tim Ayers Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,228	Game changing tool: Bolt Buster heat induction tool I recently purchased a heat induction tool made by Bolt Buster. Main reason I went with Bolt Buster is the tool is made in the USA. I really bought it for an off topic reason, but thought I give it a go on the head studs of a super rusty 99A block I have that's due for a tear down. I ran the tool over one bank of studs. Took 15 secs. per stud (not a typo) for the stud to get cherry red. I moved on to the next one and so forth. By the time I was done, the studs I heated first backed out of the block like they were just put in. I couldn't believe it. Removing studs use to be a 1-2 day job. I was able to do one bank in 30 minutes start to finish. I'm going to do the other bank over the Christmas break, but so far this tool has been a game changer. It use to take 4-5 minutes per stud using the oxy-acetylene torch. It would sometimes take two or three times hitting them with the torch. I also used a brand of penetrating oil I never used before called Free All. It seems to work better than Kroil. The threads of all the studs were actually wet showing the oil got in there. Here are links to both items. Bolt Buster: https://boltbusterinc.com Free All penetrating oil https://fedpro.com/pages/freeall Last edited by Tim Ayers; 11-27-2022 at 06:30 AM.