stuck reducer

[big_sean]

anyone know the best way to get a stuck reducer out

sean

 

[jimmy]

SEAn
try standing the butt section upright and spray wd40 onto the joint,let it settle for 5 mins get someone to hold the end of the reducer and you hold the butt section,both of you twist in opposite directions and it should come apart,if it does,dry the spigot of the reducer and coat it with pencil lead,it should`nt stick again

 

[YoursTruly]

Sean, DO NOT use wd40, bring it with you tommorow.

 

[MikeR]

I believe the advice to me last time was a kettle of very hot water over the joint.

 

[jason]

separate it as if it were a pole ideally three people two twisting it in opposite directions with another lightly tapping the joint as it is turned.

 

[big_sean]

will bring it tomorro yours trully
P.S. yours dont forget my secret bait

sean

 

[jimmy]

Yours truly
Alreet mate,can you tell me whats wrong with spraying the joint with WD40 ?

 

[YoursTruly]

Its just not the way to get carbon pieces apart. it evapourates and dries the carbon out and makes even harder to get apart.

 

[jimmy]

YOURS TRULY
Thanks very much mate,thats the way i have always done it from being told by an old man in the early eighties.
CHEERS MATE

 

[YoursTruly]

Jimmy if it works for you then fine, but trust me there are better ways.
please dont take it personal, i knew sean was coming up sunday and if he had used the wd40 and it didnt work it would have been more difficult for me get the bits unstuck.

 

[jimmy]

YOURS TRULY
No probs mate,what you say makes sense
CHEERS ONCE MORE

 

[sless]

you must know terry then
lol

 

[Charlton]

sean after your comment in the other thread, squash the reducer as hard as you can in a vice, using a hammer and rock chisel bray the rod but until you braek it awya from the reducer, throw rod away and you will have your reducer, a bit squished but never mind.

 

[YoursTruly]

hacksaw would be easier Alan!

 

[sless]

doesnt bear thinking about

 

[big_sean]

ooh calm down its a blue thunder we are on about here
secret wepon lol lol

sean

 

[willo]

not 100% sure but i think my m8 had to use liuid nitrogen to seperate his 2 rod sections after a fall lol

 

[austinsoft]

\"sean after your comment in the other thread, squash the reducer as hard as you can in a vice, using a hammer and rock chisel bray the rod but until you braek it awya from the reducer, throw rod away and you will have your reducer, a bit squished but never mind.\"
If it was a Kompressor GP reducer that was left after the above violence, I am in the market LOL
Mike..

 

[Charlton]

Terry didnt want to cause to much damage

 

[big_sean]

mi old mate terry will fix it lol lol lol

ps austinsoft its not a casting reducer its a fishing one lol lol

sean

[Edited on 26/2/2006 by big_sean]