The Wonders of Aero Kroil

I'm not sure where to put this topic so I'll post it here...

I first read about Kroil on this forum and although I was skeptical about its amazing abilities, I bought the three pack internet deal anyway.

My first chance to use it was yesterday when I was doing a brake job on my Dodge Dakota. The rotor was rusted solid to the spindle so I beat on it until my arm was sore and my ears were ringing. It didn't budge so I thought I would see if this Kroil stuff was all it was cracked up to be. I shot some around the studs and hub and waited about fifteen minutes. One little tap and it popped right off. Friggin' amazing! I was impressed!

I noticed when I looked at the backside of the rotor that rather than being wet just around the holes where I sprayed, the Kroil had spread completely into all the rust. Just like the can says: "the oil that creeps"

Thanks to the forum members for touting this product. It saved me a years worth of cussing.

 

hmmmm might be a good buy for my car work. Where are you from in MD btw? I go to school at UMD College Park

 

Audi, I'm "down 'e ocean" as they say in "Balmer". On the shore, that is.

Are you an XJ'er? It would be nice to meet the local forum members. Maybe someone could put together a Mid-Atlantic bike meet sometime. A cool idea would be getting together during bike week in OC this summer.

 

since the "where in MD are u from?" came up - I have noticed an XJ650 parked at TAKOMA metro station - is the owner on this forum? (U know who u r)

 

We need to have a MD run. There's certainly enough of us here.

Gitbox, I own some Aerokroil. It's worked well for me so far, and I hope it works as well as Fitz says it did on his forks. I just scored a set of Seca 750 forks to practice on and I need them to come apart without destroying them.

 

Interesting to see it really dis creep all the way through

 

All this Kroil talk almost makes it sound like an internet joke. The kind of thing that is too good to be true.

I'm just waiting for the "I sprayed it on my '67 honda and 30min later I found an '09 XJR1300 under all that rust!" story...

 

Definitely good stuff. I've got enough to last a long time. I picked up two cans pretty cheap on ebay, and the seller made a mistake and shipped me two more cans. I think four cans will last a long time.

 

Hey man I was DESPERATE when Alkasmeltzer suggested it to someone for something else. I figured since I can pee $12 easily (good beer) it was worth a shot. I was completely incredulous when it not only worked, but did so right before my eyes. FOUR TIMES (2 bikes X2.) I'd been fighting that one for SIX MONTHS!

Since then I've used it in a couple of NEARLY as dire situations and it worked amazingly.

 

I saw this post so i figured I would order some.


there is a google special 2- 13oz cans for $12.00 including delivery




http://www.kanolabs.com/google/

 

Ok , I know I'm starting to sound like I own stock in the company but I just have to add another good experience with the wonder juice:

I just received an old XJ750 master cylinder with the cover screws rusted solid and the mirror stem broken off flush and rusted in place. I had to drill out the cover screws because they were so hogged out. Trying to twist what was left with vise grips was only wringing off metal so I shot some Aerokroil around the threads and into the mirror mount and left it overnight. The next day both covers screws broke loose with barely any force. I could then twist them out by hand. The mirror stem was already loose. I grabbed it with my fingernails and screwed it right out.

I can't believe I've never heard of the stuff before.

Oh yeah, one more thing - you can also use it as air tool oil.

 

I thought I was the one sounding that way...

Me either. The stuff is nothing short of amazing.

 

Anyone tried it on stuck Carb drain screws??

 

Nope have not tried that on stuck drain screws.

However I did get to use the old "drill a hole in them & use a bolt extractor with a torch" routine tonight on 2 out of the 4.

I have an old set of carbs I will try Kroil when mine arrives & let ya know. Assuming the screws did not arrive prestripped from Ebay

 

Yep. It worked. Tried it just to see on my spare "ratty" rack o'carbs, 2 out of 4 were loose immediately, the other two soaked for a couple of days then popped loose easily.

 

I first saw the stuff years ago. We had a huge tensioner rod in our old shop that ran under the ceiling girders to hold them up. It was about 1-1/2" in diameter and the tightening nut was on the outside of the building. It had been there since the mid '30s, rusting in the weather. We wanted to tighten it but could not turn it. We tried EVERYTHING, torchs, four foot long wrenchs with ten foot pipes on them, every solvent we knew of. Nothing worked. Then this salesman showed up one day with this "Miracle Penetrant", so we told him "here, if you can get this loose, we will buy a whole case of the stuff". He sprayed some on the end of the rod and we went to lunch. When we came back he tapped on the nut with a hammer AND SCREWED THE NUT OFF WITH HIS FINGERS! Needless to say, we bought two cases and I have never been without it since!

 

Ok, you guys are third in line the way I push this stuff!!!

Has anybody tried to remove trim from a 1954 Buick that has been stting in the weather for decades? Put some of this stuiff on the posts for one day and, boom, (Did that sound like Willie Mays?) the backing nuts come off by hand. An old farmer showed the stuff to me one day fixing his tractor. Ain't been without it since!!!