Thread lock release

  1. Regular Poster Joined: Mar 2007 Poole, Dorset Posts: 447 Mk1 VTS
    #1
    Hi folks,
    Can anyone recommend a way of releasing the locking effects of blue thread lock.

    I have a broken off bolt in my cylinder block (the one that holds the timing belt idler on) that I need to remove but fear snapping a stud extracter if I don't first release the threadlock that is holding it in REALLY tightly.
  2. Infrequent Poster Joined: Oct 2010 Bridgend Posts: 231 VTS 2002 - well the Mrs does
    #2
    Lots of heat will break down thread lock. Hand held gas lamp using MAP (yellow bottle) gas.