Stuck keg posts

[mr hoppy]

I'm wondering if the depth of my sockets is the problem alright.

[Rats]

I bought from halfords a long socket. Give the wrench a tap with a hammer and mine came loose.

Sent from the thingy in my hand.

[MisterBurns]

I'm just glad to hear I'm not the only one having difficulty with these - I actually turned purple getting them off the ones I've used so far!

[LordEoin]

Happy, I have an impact wrench that might do the job.
It's only on a small compressor and not very powerful, but the jolt/hammer action of it might loosen them up.
Iw worked for me a few times with stuck bolts.
I can chuck the compressor in the car and drive over to you after work tomorrow if you like.
No promises it will work, but it's worth a try.
I'll check of it has a 22mm bit in a while.

[LordEoin]

That's what she said...
Awww, yeah!

[imark]

Snigger... Nice one

[mr hoppy]

Lads seriously, a piece of pipe over your ring spanner to increase the effective length is all you need.

I'll give that a try.

[Eoin]

WD40 is a banned additive in sea fishing comps, I've experimented with it and it catches lots of Dogfish. The theory is that it dissolves fish oils and when sprayed on a bait it makes the oils disperse as a cloud rather than a slick.

Sent using a complex system of semaphore and ninjas.

[mr hoppy]

Ok, so I found a big ole hammer while I was poking round for a piece of piping. So I sat on one of the kegs, held the ring end of the spanner over the post with one hand and smacked the crap out of the other end of the spanner with the hammer.

I got all five of the posts off in ten minutes. Result!

[johnrm]

Brute force wins!

[Will_D]

Using a hammer is not brute force believe it or not.

Brute force is just extending the length of the spanner till either the nut gives, or the nut rounds off or the spanner breaks. The latter two are more likely.

Hitting the spanner exerts a sudden sharp shock to the stuck thread and often is enough to break the friction. This is the principle of the impact wrench/driver.

Simples!

[DEMPSEY]

WD40 is a banned additive in sea fishing comps, I've experimented with it and it catches lots of Dogfish. The theory is that it dissolves fish oils and when sprayed on a bait it makes the oils disperse as a cloud rather than a slick.

TT

jesus the things we learn while engaged in this hobby. No matter how old you get you never stop learning . Don't know if this is true but someone on radio was instolling the virtue's of WD40 as a relief for rheumatism. .
N.B. to instole was a word that I remember as to infer but the stupid dic's on google cannot find it so it looks like I can teach them.

[DEMPSEY]

Ara me uncles from Kerry never spelt it for me when I was little but it alway's sounded great when they said it so it stuck with me.

[imark]

Nearly gave myself a hernia but eventually got the post off...the threads are ruined. 

Crossed and forced on. Or wrong type forced on not sure. Cant get a good seal.

[imark]

Not in it's current state. I haven't ever tried to fix threads. Is it possible in this case? Hoping I can get the post back on without crossing threads again...then I'd be able to get it on tight enough.