Gasket removal tool?

[noideaqq]

Hi,

We usually use a flange spreader to open the flange (opening of a few millimeters).
At that time we can usually take the gasket out of the flanges.
But sometimes the gaskets keeps sticking to the flange surface.
Does there exist a tool to scrape of take the gasket out of the flanges.

Where can this be bought? I prefer a non-pneumatic tool.

 

[NozzleTwister]

What I've seen used is a stiff wire brush and elbow grease.

NozzleTwister
Houston, Texas

 

[MikeHalloran]

A wood chisel (that you'll never again use on wood) and Permatex Gasket Remover will make decent progress.





Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

 

[TBP]

Like Mike says, the cheap/old wood chisel method works well.

 

[Zapster]

Why a wood chisel instead of a carbon steel gasket scraper? I would only go for a wood chisel if I did not have the proper tool.

 

[hydtools]

What SK shows for gasket scraping sure looks like a wood chisel but with a thim flimsy shank.

http://www.labsafety.com/store/item/70598/

I'd use the wood chisel. A nice, long, flat, full body wood chisel. They are carbon steel or alloy steel.

Ted

 

[unclesyd]

For scraping flanges we used boatwright chisels very similar to the Sorby woodwright Chisel shown at this site.

We also made some chisels form BeCu and Al Bronze with rivited Al handles. The blade was around 2 1/2"wide, 12" long, and around 5/16" thick. The handle to suit. We used a single bevel probably around 20-30 degrees.

http://www.aloghomestore.com/tools1.shtml#Barr Framing Chisels

 

[MikeHalloran]

Every 'gasket scraper' I've ever tried was too dull to actually get under a gasket, and too flimsy to maintain good control of the edge if had one. A wood chisel works _much_ better.



Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

 

[ssn596]

I admit it seems to break the rule of use the right tool
BUT wood chisels work great for gasket removal.
So do putty knives in some cases.
Wire wheels in a die grinder work well too kinda messy as the debris goes everywhere
AND you need to be careful you can ruin a machined or soft metal surface.

Dan Bentler

 

[unclesyd]

12:02 PM 8/31/2007

Just made a trip by a shutdown in progress and picked up on one little tidbit of information about gasket scraping. I won't admit that I had forgotten about this tool. One of the mechanics was using a large 16" flat machinist's file smooth cut the had a long taper ground on the end. The taper was one sided and quite shallow. He said that he had been using it for over 20 years. After seeing this one I remember that a lot of the older mechanics had the same tool.

 

[ssn596]

Forgot that also. Old files are great for scraping gasket.
Almost any thin tool steel ground with a chisel edge will work.
Dan Bentler