If all else fails, try heating and cooling the joint several times. Heat
with a hair drier and cool with an ice pack. The expansion and contraction
will sometimes break the corrosion enough to loosen the joint.
73, Keith NM5G
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From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Robert Thain
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 7:13 AM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] How do you separate aluminium tubes that are
stucktogether ?
Hello,
How do you separate aluminium tubes that are stuck together ?
We have a 2 section boom that we want to separate but the pieces are stuck
together. The boom is joined at the centre by a smaller tube that goes
inside the outer tubes (the boom). (The boom sleeves the smaller fixing
section in the middle.) We easily removed the bolts but the 3 pieces of tube
are stuck together. The antenna is only a year old, but we did not protect
the surface before assembly.
I fear that it may be corroded together.
So, how do you separate aluminium tubes that are stuck, without damaging
them.
I've looked back through the archives , but did not find anything......
Thanks
Robert G0HGW(at)yahoo.com (at) = @
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