Need help getting my feedneck off my ULE body?

[ScottAl]

Hey,
I am trying to get the feed neck off the body but i cant. Some one said try a strap wrench and I just got a strap wrench and the dam thing broke... I then used the rubber and put it around the wrench and went at it... no luck either. I went both ways just incase i was doing it wrong. It looks like when they painted it some of the paint got into the groov. I dont know what to do really. Any other ideas I put as much muscle into that thing as I could and couldnt get it to budge. Any ideas?

[camilion705]

It had locktite applied to it and will require that you heat it upa bit to loosen the locktite. You can use a lighter or a small torch. Scary eh?

http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?t=133042

[jenarelJAM]

Put it in a pot of boiling water for about half an hour, then dry it off and immediately try the strap wrench again /w rubber. Thats what I did, and it still took alot of muscle.
I've heard it's bad to use a flame, but you can use your oven instead of boiling water.
You basicly need to melt the loctite. Good Luck.

[Cow hunter]

Put it in a pot of boiling water for about half an hour, then dry it off and immediately try the strap wrench again /w rubber. Thats what I did, and it still took alot of muscle.
I've heard it's bad to use a flame, but you can use your oven instead of boiling water.
You basicly need to melt the loctite. Good Luck.

i agree on the melting the locktite

and flame is a bad idea, unless you want scorch marks on your ULE body

[athomas]

Boiling water would be the best way. Remove the detents before performing this.

[GraveDiggersUnion]

i have always used a hair dryer to remove feednecks off of shoebox shockers when the feednecks have been loctited on...

[craltal]

the "paint" you are seeing sounds like lock-tite thread sealer. Heating it should help as long as the permanent type wasn't used. The boiling water is probably your best bet, I'd wrap it in a towel and place the body in a vise before trying the strap wrench.

Worst case, if you don't care about the feedneck, you could always drill 2 holes in order to place a rod through it to...