[TowerTalk] How do you separate aluminium tubes that are stucktogether ?

[Tom Osborne]

Hi Robert

A trick I learned years ago is to take a pair of vice grips and grip a 
screwdriver in the outer end of the tube, with the handle towards the boom, 
Then hit the screwdriver with a hammer.  That helps to separate them.  Of 
course, you want to use a screwdriver that you don't mind getting broke :-) 
73
Tom W7WHY



> 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) = @