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The magic of peening

Bruce Marmy · 2021-04-10 13:49

Kudos to the mench wrenches. You told me to 'peen' the cylinders of my backhoe boom and extender cylinders to break the adhesion with vibrating cold expansion blows while a long cheater pipe gives torque thru a wrench on the cap. Bang Bang Bang. I took to making the hammer ring by bouncing it along the peen lines. And the pipe drops like a cake out of a box. We laughed with joy. Had been stuck for 2 1/2 months. Now I have the pistons wrapped up in the back of my truck to bring them to town to get the nuts loosened. Moving the ball along. Thank you good wrenches.

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  1. #1thepumpguysc2021-04-10 14:31

    It wasn’t me, but it’s nice to be appreciated.. Thanks for taking the time..

  2. #2Swetz2021-04-10 17:09

    Glad it worked for you!! Now back to tractoring

  3. #3Tinkerer2021-04-11 08:28

    Willie59 is the creator of that ingenious method of removing glands. His other equally ingenious creation is the suck bucket !

  4. #4colson042021-04-11 10:08

    x2 on the suck bucket. Works great