Pilot jets stuck!

**quickbuck** · 11th February 2010, 18:22

Originally Posted by Grasshopperus

Anticlockwise bro!

That's Lefty - Loosey, Righty - Tighty.... We are the digital age now

**roadracingoldfart** · 12th February 2010, 06:13

One little trick i learned many years ago was as follows.......

If a thread of a soft material is a bit stuck (like a brass jet) , get a soldering iron and lean it against the alloy section it screws into . The resulting heat is (in many occasions) all thats needed to then get a good crack to start the threaded piece started turning.
I did it at work just recently with a stubborn brake caliper bleeder that was too close to the dust seal to use a gas torch(and the torch it too vicous anyway) .

Give it a try , it does work.

Paul.

**magicmonkey** · 12th February 2010, 06:40

Originally Posted by roadracingoldfart

One little trick i learned many years ago was as follows.......

If a thread of a soft material is a bit stuck (like a brass jet) , get a soldering iron and lean it against the alloy section it screws into . The resulting heat is (in many occasions) all thats needed to then get a good crack to start the threaded piece started turning.
I did it at work just recently with a stubborn brake caliper bleeder that was too close to the dust seal to use a gas torch(and the torch it too vicous anyway) .

Give it a try , it does work.

Paul.

Now there's a bloody good idea! I'll be giving that one a go over the weekend