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Originally Posted by Glen Plumridge
Sat the track section on a low temp fire and then worked over it with hammer once cool. This got all of the seized links moving and allowed the pins to be punched out.
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Glen,
The trouble with doing this is that it is likely to make the material of the links very brittle. That does depend on what they are made of and I do not know the metallurgy of LP track but most tank/carrier track that I have worked with is fit for display only if it has been heated. If you break a track at speed you nave absolutely no control of what happens next.
A much better way is to submerge it in a bath of molasses for a few weeks. As this is a very slow process it will gradually eat the rust from inside the hinge joints in a way that a faster chemical process won't. It will do no harm at all and is cheap if smelly. A plastic 'wheelie' type garbage bin is ideal as a tank as you can get a reasonable length in and it has a lid to keep the smell in and vermin out. There are various threads about this on the forum.
David