[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by RidgeRunner

Thanks Destroyer, bought one in 1985 when dealing with the all the phillips head bolts on Jap cars/trucks. How did they get them so tight without messing up the head anyway? Freeze them first? Definitely one of my favorite tools but don't fit where I need it most. IF I need to dismantle the clamp, that is a winner, followed by the blue wrench, a set of easy outs, drilling, swearing and finally heli-coils. Spraying it all with Blaster every day for a week before I begin. I need to muster some patience before I even start. Considering taking the lower and powerhead loose right off the bat and doing what NYMACk did to his 140, blast and repaint all my corroded parts and pieces to make them look better. But then I want to use the boat ASAP. I am torn.

That's a delimina for sure. I think if it was me I'd opt for the repair now and fish, and then file this under "winter project" for the remove/blast/paint/reassemble part of it... but that's just me.

And as to your question about how they got them so tight... I don't know... maybe they used Sears impact drivers? All I know is that when I was riding I was always working on Kaws and Yammies and that tool was the ONLY thing I would use to take out the polished Phillips head machine screws they seem so fond of using on the engine cases... Anything else was just asking for trouble.