Anode rod is seized
Can't get it out. Any ideas??
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If it's a water heater with Anode Rod specified by Manufacturer, then it's Suburban and the tank is glass-lined steel like a home unit. Attwood makes the ones with aluminum tanks.
Still, the issue remains. Personally, I like an impact wrench for problems like this PROVIDED it can be controlled to where it "rattles" at the stuck item. Brute Force and Ignorance have served me well, but the glass lining and the few threads make me want to be a little more careful. There's a discussion here right now where the threads in a Suburban's tank are questionable.
If you do try heat, open a hot water faucet to relieve steam pressure in the tank.
EDIT: Buck's counterintuitive idea often works. If you can get it to budge, apply a little penetrant/lubricant then "rock" it. A little one way, a little the other. I've had fasteners move then seize up again, sometimes worse than at first.
Still, the issue remains. Personally, I like an impact wrench for problems like this PROVIDED it can be controlled to where it "rattles" at the stuck item. Brute Force and Ignorance have served me well, but the glass lining and the few threads make me want to be a little more careful. There's a discussion here right now where the threads in a Suburban's tank are questionable.
If you do try heat, open a hot water faucet to relieve steam pressure in the tank.
EDIT: Buck's counterintuitive idea often works. If you can get it to budge, apply a little penetrant/lubricant then "rock" it. A little one way, a little the other. I've had fasteners move then seize up again, sometimes worse than at first.
