You may want to try a little heat...just enough to melt candle wax....and wick
it into the "frozen" joint. Let it cool, so the wax can expand....then try
separating the parts. Not guaranteed...but little risk of damage.
Don
WB2BEZ
In a message dated 2/15/2018 8:44:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, lists@oakcom.org
writes:
Depends on:
1) How badly the pieces are fused.
2) How valuable the pieces are.
3) How much patience you have.
I had some stuck aluminum tower sections that I spent considerable time
on many years ago. Almost gave up, but then as a final assault kept the
joints soaked with penetrating oil soaked rags for a couple days, then
heated the outer tubes with a torch, and with a center mounted scissor
jack pushing against 2x4's got them freed up without bending the tower
horizontals too badly.
With antenna elements (or tower sections for that matter) a reasonable
way to provide pull apart force would be some choker slings, a
come-along, and a couple trees.
-Steve K8LX
On 2/15/2018 8:21 PM, Ralph Parker wrote:
> OK, so Jet Lube is the way to go.
> Any suggestions on what to use to free an already siezed joint? Or is it
> hacksaw time?
>
> VE7XF
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