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Anyone know what is best way to remove brass fitting white sealant on brake cans, without destroying the female fitting on the can? Thank you in advance!
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White sealant on brake cans-how to break free
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Sealant around the airfitting? You could apply some localized heat.
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Is that white sealant for threaded fittings or silicone gooped to watertite?
If just pipe sealant tape or putty, It should just unscrew with no force as it is not a thread lock product but just a thread sealer.
If just pipe sealant tape or putty, It should just unscrew with no force as it is not a thread lock product but just a thread sealer.
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It is not straight pipe sealant, from what I can see.
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Yes, the brass air fitting sealant. Looks like pipe sealant, but is hard as a rock.
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It's almost certainly PTFE sealant - it does harden with age. Heat will help but also proper fitting tools and especially line wrenches if you can get them in there on the fitting - they don't round off brass fittings like that as easily.