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Originally Posted by venetrex
How hot can you heat the thing before it's a problem. The manual for the tranmissions shows you heating a tool, like a heat sync in the over and applying it the gears before pulling them. I thought that was pretty trick. So that would be a thought.
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You can heat most steels to 1000-1100°F for brief periods without doing much harm. Anything over 400-500°F for extended periods of time (hours) will slowly temper the steel lowering its strength.