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Bolt Buster Induction Heater

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Sprint 6

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I bought a Bolt Buster flameless induction heater from my local Napa. I must say, I am impressed. It does work as advertised. I have used it on dozens of bolts. It does take slightly longer than advertised on large bolts, but that may be because of my extention cord. The thing I like is I can use it on things that normally weren't worth dragging the torch out for. There is also a lot less chance for collateral damage than a torch because it will not directly heat plastic or rubber. It's not a cheap tool, about $430, but it has been worth its weight in gold to me so far. Would be a handy tool to have for field repairs, too, because it can run off of a generator instead of dragging a torch set. It cannot be used by persons with a pacemakers, though, as it is an electromagnets that operates in the kHZ range.
 
Pretty cool tool that I never knew existed. That may be a good one for the someday list as sometimes I really cringe having to use the torch.
 
(quoted from post at 23:20:20 03/26/17) Pretty cool tool that I never knew existed. That may be a good one for the someday list as sometimes I really cringe having to use the torch.
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It been around for awhile.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induction_heating

Like Sprint I wanted one, one day there it wuz sit'N on the snap-on truck self I made a offer he took me up on it.. They had just came out with a newer model I spec they were dumping there NOS. Mine has all the whistles and bells (about 200 in extra gizmos) I think it was $650/700 our the door.

My gut told me to hold out if snap-on had them they could be brought cheaper somewhere else. My tool addiction would wait no longer.
 
I like the idea and did a little research online. The big question is whether it will heat up the casting into which a bolt is attached. A perfect example is exhaust manifold bolts. These are the real buggers. Has anyone had any experience with this?
 
(quoted from post at 03:56:39 03/27/17) I like the idea and did a little research online. The big question is whether it will heat up the casting into which a bolt is attached. A perfect example is exhaust manifold bolts. These are the real buggers. Has anyone had any experience with this?
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It would take some time you would have to rap the hole end of the manifold. It needs to go around what you are heating what is in the middle of the tool is what is heated.

http://www.theinductor.com/shop/mini-ductor-accessories/96-inch-long-bearing-buddy-coil-md99-xbb96

I don't see that as being efficient.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BOzFA8gTJ8
 
Mine came with two flexible wires that allow for wrapping around components that may otherwise be impossible to get inside the regular coils.
 
We have one that works pretty good. I wish we would have sprung for the larger better one, but it works. I was told all the corporate Firestone stores use them because of too many fires being started with gas torches. I would suspect it might also be due to stricter fire codes.
 
(quoted from post at 14:56:39 03/26/17) I like the idea and did a little research online. The big question is whether it will heat up the casting into which a bolt is attached. A perfect example is exhaust manifold bolts. These are the real buggers. Has anyone had any experience with this?
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In that situation you actually want to heat the stud, not the manifold. When the stud gets red hot it "stretches" the manifold around it slightly and then shrinks back down when it cools, while the manifold stays slightly stretched. It's often enough to break the rust bond.

Same principle as welding a nut on to a broken off bolt or stud.
 
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