What Can Free Up Seized Steel Roller Bearings

I have used ATF and paint thinner. The thinning agent is just to make the ATF penetrate faster. I have also used the heat and beat method to knock most scale loose, when the part has cooled enough to not ignite the penetrating mix (whatever you may choose) then apply liberally.

Sent from somwhere in east Texas by Jake!
 
I use Kroil. I usually put it on the night before and then again in the morning before I have my coffee. By the time I finish my coffee it has usually done it's work. If it hasn't a little heat finishes the job.
 
Up here in Canada I use KP53 made by Krown Rustproofing. I work on a lot of snowmobiles from the 60's and 70's (Eh), with a lot of dissimilar metal applications (Steel/Aluminum) and that stuff has worked some pretty big miracles for me. Might be worth looking into.

Jon.
 
I ordered a gallon. Guess I'll get a squirt can to get it inside the lube hole of the pedestal. Thanks everyone. Nice back and forth on the topic, very instructive.
 
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