> Sun, 29 Oct 2000 From: ralph diaz > Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Help with foldable!!! > > Dave Gutierrez wrote: >...today I went to work on my K-1 and I happened to notice, while taking it apart, that two of the pipe segments would not seperate from one another!!!! > > Hi Dave, > > ... Other Remedies > I have heard of a case where a blowtorch was used > to sweat the tubes > and expand them enough to start rotating them, etc. If you use the heat method, concentrate the heat on the larger or outer of the tubes. What you are doing is expanding the metal. All things expand with heat. If you heat the inner piece more than the outer piece, it will only get tighter, although it may still work to break the bond, and it will return to it's original size when it cools. I've used this method many times successfully on nuts and bolts. If the tubes are in the boat, I don't think I'd take a change putting heat so close to the skin. TomBrooklyn Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. http://im.yahoo.com/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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