PB’laster is garbage. First, best change you can make to your garage is throw it in the trash. That’s where it belongs. The best is Kroil. From Kano Labs. Buy it direct from them, or on Amazon.
That said, no penetrant is going to help because there is a seal in between the outside and the rusty guts where the snap ring is stuck. Don’t bother. The seal works. Spray all you like, whatever you like and it will still be dry and rusty where the snap ring sits.
I just did this job three weeks ago on a 240,000 mile car.
Hit it harder.
Seriously.
Cold chisel has the right angle. None of the commercial tools worked. My cold chisel didn’t fit as well as I would’ve like, so I bought a wood chisel and ground the edge off. You can try prying. I had no luck with prying. If you DO pry, pry so that the fulcrum is towards the outside of the seal, where the casing is thicker and away from the seal.
I spent two hours trying to get mine out. Had I a bigger hammer, it would’ve gone more quickly, but I was constrained by the amount of room and the ability to get in a good, hard swing.
The new one will go in so easily, you’ll think it’s not working right...
Last edited by Astro14; 03-14-2019 at 08:27 AM.
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