Hello All:
First post. I'm recovering a welding / vice table of my father's that set outside for a decade. Table has 4 13+" leveling mounts consisting of threaded rod with swiveling metal feet below and a four-sided "bolt head" on the upper end. I can get the feet off, but the threaded rod is frozen in the threaded inserts welded into the rectangular tubing frame. Have tried Liquid Wrench from both sides 24 hrs +. Just tried heating with propane torch. Still stuck.
Problem may be exacerbated by length of threaded rod. When I use a wrench on the 4 sided head, I'm 10 - 12" from the frozen section. The rod twists and bends & seems like much of the torque is deflected or "lost" before twisting the frozen section. Any suggestions?
Destroying the rod to remove it would not be a problem, but I'd like to keep the threaded inserts if possible due to their position. Have a tap to clean up those threads if I can just get the rods out.
Thanks in advance,
Howard
First post. I'm recovering a welding / vice table of my father's that set outside for a decade. Table has 4 13+" leveling mounts consisting of threaded rod with swiveling metal feet below and a four-sided "bolt head" on the upper end. I can get the feet off, but the threaded rod is frozen in the threaded inserts welded into the rectangular tubing frame. Have tried Liquid Wrench from both sides 24 hrs +. Just tried heating with propane torch. Still stuck.
Problem may be exacerbated by length of threaded rod. When I use a wrench on the 4 sided head, I'm 10 - 12" from the frozen section. The rod twists and bends & seems like much of the torque is deflected or "lost" before twisting the frozen section. Any suggestions?
Destroying the rod to remove it would not be a problem, but I'd like to keep the threaded inserts if possible due to their position. Have a tap to clean up those threads if I can just get the rods out.
Thanks in advance,
Howard