Comments by "Mikko Rantalainen" (@MikkoRantalainen) on "" video.

  1. 5:30 Pro tip: if you have properly rusted parts, start to put the rust removal lubrication as a daily routine for a week before you're attempting to take the thing apart. The rust removal oils (even the high quality really thin oil) will need lots of time to soak the whole thread if there's a lot of rust. The parts will come off much easier if you have oil for the whole thread (including the whole part inside the nut). And do not brute force rusted bolts with extra high torque. Use some tool that does hammering (e.g. air hammer) or apply a hammer to a tight box wrench while applying sensible torque. The hammering breaks the rust without snapping the bolt. Applying heat helps too but be careful not to set things in fire.
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  2.  @FluePeak  If you have to work with properly rusted stuff, you either break things or have pretty lax deadline.
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  3. 14:00 I once replaced totally jammed tie rod end in an old Saab. I had to cut it open up to the threads on two sides with an angle grinder and it still took two men hanging in the wrench to get it to turn. The thread looked fine so it was just rust that caused it to stay stuck. Getting that tie rod off took maybe 2-3 hours in DIY environment.
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  4. I'd recommend doing VCDS autoscan in the background while you're doing other stuff to the car. That gets you fault codes for all parts and also collects all currently used coding so you get almost complete backup as a side-effect. That 4WD issue would have probably shown up in the fault codes.
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  5. 22:42 You already have induction heater to apply heat. Why not apply it here, too?
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  6.  @HumbleMechanic  I think you could use pure copper with heat resisting insulation socks to make your own inductor coils as big as needed for any application. The coil is nothing but a low resistor wire that can take enough current without heating itself but only cause the magnetic field to heat the iron.
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  7. 21:10 Unless the subframe bolts are rusted, losening subframe bolts is definitely the best option because you don't even need to remove those to get enough space. And to restore things after re-attaching the bolt you just tighten all bolts again.
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