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502 stove
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 1:32 am
by rainjer
Is there a trick to getting the F/A tube out of a 502 stove? I tried putting the tee in a vice and could not budge it. It looks like there may be so loctite on the threads. I have the stove completely apart except the check valve & the F/A tube.
Jeremy
502 stove
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 4:03 am
by Scouterjan
Jeremy, I tried everything and am not sure what they used to seal the threads.In the end I used a heat gun, like a hair drier, to get the valve area really hot, clamped the font in a vice upside down, then used a strap wrench, thanks Quest, around the bottom of the font and finally broke the valve free. Hope this helps
Jan
502 stove
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 3:10 am
by rainjer
I ended up using a torch and carefully heating up the thread area. That is all it took. The F/A tube is green. I will soak it and see if that helps.
Jeremy
502 stove
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 3:20 am
by Don_b
If all else fails put in in a freezer over night
502 stove
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 4:57 am
by rainjer
It is only 20 at my house.... The last piece I need to get out is the check valve. It is leaking.
502 stove
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 5:08 am
by BCosby
Just checked KC is a balmy 2.
502 stove
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 6:18 am
by kellyblues
A big 9 outside here in Indiana
I have a fount vice and a valve tool. With those I can break the red locktite on the threads but I sometimes have to use a cheater on the valve tool. These are a bear.
Kelly
502 stove
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 10:01 pm
by Murff
The "C" stands for "Canadian", eh? 
Murff----->
P.S.
502 stove
Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 1:26 am
by Scouterjan
Global warming or climate change, call it what you will. Here on the west coast of Canada all kinds of temp records are being broken and to have a white Christmas is quite the exception. What the hell do Lab Rats know?
Jan
