Cityslacker06
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I just found out that my water heater has an anode rod. Since it has not been replaced in the almost 6 years that we have lived here, I thought I would change it out to preserve the life of it. Not sure of how old it is, but we are not the original owners of our home. I bought a 1/2 inch drive breaker bar with a 1/2 inch drive
1 1/16 socket. Could not break it loose. Then I bought a 1/2 drive battery powered impact. Still could not break it loose. So, I returned that, and bought an IR 231 1/2 inch drive pneumatic impact. That would not break it loose, either. I returned that, too.
I can not heat it up because I do not want to burn the insulation around the tank. I am just considering leaving alone, but before I give in on this, is there any thing I can try to break it loose so I can at least replace it?
1 1/16 socket. Could not break it loose. Then I bought a 1/2 drive battery powered impact. Still could not break it loose. So, I returned that, and bought an IR 231 1/2 inch drive pneumatic impact. That would not break it loose, either. I returned that, too.
I can not heat it up because I do not want to burn the insulation around the tank. I am just considering leaving alone, but before I give in on this, is there any thing I can try to break it loose so I can at least replace it?