I have to replace all the struts on my wife's car next month, so I was poking around looking at the condition of the parts I could see. I popped the covers off the top of the strut mounts and found that the nut was rusted quite badly to the strut rod on both sides.
I remembered reading about how a combination of LC (70%) and ATF (30%) could be used as a penetrating oil in the Molakule report on the LC website, so I mixed up a small quantity in a jar lid. I put some of the mixture on the assembly with a Q-tip and let it sit overnight.
The next day, the rust was dissolved and just ran off when I dripped some more of the solution on there. After I cleaned the mess up with some paper towels, I tried breaking the nuts loose with a small rachet as an experiment. They both broke loose easily, which makes me very happy because I have no air tools
I'm going to mix up a batch of this in a squeeze bottle for use next month since it works so well
I remembered reading about how a combination of LC (70%) and ATF (30%) could be used as a penetrating oil in the Molakule report on the LC website, so I mixed up a small quantity in a jar lid. I put some of the mixture on the assembly with a Q-tip and let it sit overnight.
The next day, the rust was dissolved and just ran off when I dripped some more of the solution on there. After I cleaned the mess up with some paper towels, I tried breaking the nuts loose with a small rachet as an experiment. They both broke loose easily, which makes me very happy because I have no air tools
I'm going to mix up a batch of this in a squeeze bottle for use next month since it works so well