[H&H]

I thought I might have been missing the key, but no…I got the button to pop up. But it did not release…
So apparently the bearing keepers are stuck. I sprayed it with some penetratrol,tried some brake fluid…even WD-40….put a pry bar on it. Tapped it w a hammer….still stuck. It’s marinating in some more penetrol right now.
Any ideas before I breakdown and get the angle grinder?

 

[SouthEastTurf]

Rap it firmly with a small hammer.
Edit, saw you did that.

 

[MILLC]

Vinegar in a spray bottle, shouldn’t take too long. years back I purchased a truck with a hitch rusted in, soaked it with all kinds of crap, tapped it, pulled on it- only to have someone tell me to try straight vinegar which worked it free in like 30 minutes.

 

[H&H]

Thanks….I’ll give it a shot. And Thanks….I don’t post too often, but I do read here a lot and I am grateful for the good and bad ideas I run across here.

 

[OakNut]

That made me laugh because I just had my vehicle in the garage and my mechanic was banging hard on something, trying to get it free, when he suddenly dropped the hammer, reached for a torch, and said exactly what that meme says at the bottom!
A few seconds later and the part was free.

Good luck!

 

[H&H]

Well I let it marinate overnight…and reefed on it a bit this morning with no luck. As soon as I can find where my son hid the grinding discs I’m going to slice it off.

 

[Mike N]

Rap it firmly with a small hammer.
Edit, saw you did that.

Get a bigger hammer.

 

[Mike N]

That made me laugh because I just had my vehicle in the garage and my mechanic was banging hard on something, trying to get it free, when he suddenly dropped the hammer, reached for a torch, and said exactly what that meme says at the bottom!
A few seconds later and the part was free.

Good luck!

Two most popular mechanics tools in the salt belt are a BFH and a torch.

 

[H&H]

Well….he hid the angle grinder too. In frustration I put some channel locks on it and ugga duggad with a hammer….SUCCESS!

 

[Scott87]

Soak that in diesel if your gonna be able to use it again. Or my homeade kroil mixture of ATF3 and acetone

 

[44DCNF]

Next time you have something corroded together, try wintergreen oil (from your local pharmacy).

 

[H&H]

Im keeping the old hitchlock as trophy. I went to vato zone today and got a new one.