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Originally Posted by Bob KellyIII
what HOLDERS are you talking about ? spark plug caps ? or what ?
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twas a good idea the JB weld on the extension by the way....
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I wonder if running the engine on 1 cylinder till it is warm would make enough difference in the swelling of the head to get that socket out of there in a reasonable manor.... aluminum expands and contracts ALOT so I am thinking if you just got the head hot enough it would release the socket ! ...
.... did you put the socket in there when the engine was cold or hot ?
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Bob...
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That only gone to make socket get tighter bob you want to freeze the socket for it to contract from each other with something like co2.
An option is to make you own homemade puller simulator to a pilot bearing puller and you need some kind slide hammer
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You may have to break the top part of the spark plug porcelain and vacuum out the pieces out that should give you enough room for the homemade puller
Be sure the piston is at top dead center and use co2 to freeze the socket.
If nothing get bigger hammer LoL
Connected to a 3/8 to 1/2" drive adapter. Connected to a 1/2" Ratchets with 2 feet long pipe. That's a lot of leverage but crack on.
Even with that much leverage, it took a huge amount of effort, but the socket should broke loose, and came out by working back and forth.
Last option but it req you pull the head of and punch out all spark plug porcelain and need a stick welder to weld the square slot close on socket and let the head cool off then use a long grade 8 bolt to drive the socket out