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Re: [TowerTalk] telescoped tubing

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] telescoped tubing
From: Cqtestk4xs@aol.com
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 10:08:23 EST
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Something that has worked for me in the past.......sometimes.  I have  
several solid rod aluminum rods that are slightly smaller than the ID of the  
larger 
of the two telescoping sections.  I then insert the rod in the  larger tube 
and slide it until it hits the smaller diameter tube.  I then  start to pound 
the rod into the smaller tube like a battering ram.
 
Of course this is expedited if you use a vise and apply a penetrating oil  to 
the joint ahead of time.  I had lots of practice with this method after  the 
hurricanes this fall.  Elements would break off at the joint and I  would have 
to get the old stub out.  I would say this method works about  half the time. 
 Good luck.
 
Bill K4XS
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