Originally Posted by bubbrubb
Well first off whoever told you to use a heat gun on your car is a dumbass (see, this explains why you hardly ever listen to people on the internet) You might want to try this, because burning it off will ruin the stud and it will be very expensive to fix it after that happens.
And this explains why most people on the internet talk out of their ass. Heat gun =/ blow torch. Mechanics use torches to break bonds all the time. This bond can be of frictional nature (such as it being overtorque'd), or oxidation. It does not melt the stud, it's not nearly hot enough :rofl: :lmao: :rofl: When I changed my struts I had to apply a small amount of heat to the strut hat nuts to break them loose without damaging anything else because they were considerably rusted.
But obviously, if it's cross threaded any amount of heat won't fix it. But the last thing it will do is melt it :lmao: