can't separate the exhaust housing on a Holset I just got, need some ideas
 

So, I got my H1C in the mail, and tried clocking it for my setup.. after I removed all the bolts and brackets holding it together, I still find the housing very much stuck on the center section.. i've tried blasting it with a can of wd-40, put it in a vice, beat it with a rubber mallet, a ball ping hammer, etc.

what the ---- is going on? this ---- is rusted solid, halp! :S

Re: can't separate the exhaust housing on a Holset I just got, need some ideas
 

Use better penetrating lube and lube it for a day or two then try the hammer again and if that doesn't work put some heat on it.

Re: can't separate the exhaust housing on a Holset I just got, need some ideas
 

pb blaster > wd40 hit solid parts of it with a metal hammer every once in a while, while the pb blaster soaks in. It'll go, grasshopper, just give it time and brute, blunt physical force

Re: can't separate the exhaust housing on a Holset I just got, need some ideas
 

I prefer to call it every racial slur I can think of and then it usually just falls off by itself.

Re: can't separate the exhaust housing on a Holset I just got, need some ideas
 

Get out the torch or Porta Power.

Re: can't separate the exhaust housing on a Holset I just got, need some ideas
 

When you know how and when to use the torch you use it everywhere!

Nothing like some toast made with a torch!

Re: can't separate the exhaust housing on a Holset I just got, need some ideas
 

this brings up a new concept to cooking hmt style... ill have pics tomorrow :y

Re: can't separate the exhaust housing on a Holset I just got, need some ideas
 

New concept? Hardly. 90% of chefs I know have a torch in their kitchen. The majority of them use it for Creme Brulee and seafood (seared Ahi, etc) but I'm sure they've experimented with other foods as well.

Re: can't separate the exhaust housing on a Holset I just got, need some ideas
 

i'm meaning a cutting torch.

Re: can't separate the exhaust housing on a Holset I just got, need some ideas
 

I had to use a sledge hammer with liberal amounts of hard blows. Kinda like a fat chick, close your eyes and keep hitting it until you get your way. :l

Seriously, mine wasn't rusted and it was really sealed on there. You definately won't distort or crack the housing, just don't hit the v-band spot. It works like the hammer/ball-joint trick, although that never worked for me.