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I have a standard selden spinny pole with claw type ends with a spring loaded piston that moves back and forth to release the sheets. One of these was siezed and having left it in a bucket of diesel for a couple of weeks I can now move it back and forth with a hammer and block of wood. Any ideas how I can get this back to its former glory and free enough to move by hand, like the one at the other end??
 
Knock it right out & clean it all up properly - if its running thro aluminium then that is probably corroded and causing the problem.
 
Batoo thanks for the reply, but what are you refering to when you say knock it out - do you mean the whole end fitting which is riveted to the pole or the stainles piston / pin - and how will I knock it out ?? cheers
 
agree - i think i would drill the rivets out and take the end fitting off to see what the problem is. maybe soak it in penatrating oil. Clean up and replace parts to suit.
 
I think you will find all you need to do is keep working the pin in and out of the housing while applying WD40 or Lusol or Plusgas or the like. Once it is moving it is suprising how quickly it will free off completely unless you have damaged the pin with over zealous use of the old lump hammer. I recently did the ends of my poles (two ends stiff and two siezed solid) - took about ½ an hour to have them running free again
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Batoo is correct. It is caused by alloy corrosion expanding/pressing on the plastic sleave the piston is in. All the oil and WD in the world will not sort the problem. Take end fitting off and remove the sleave and have a good clean out. Maybe treat with a good alloy primer. As you will almost certainly have to do this again I would replace end fitting using self tappers.
 
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All the oil and WD in the world will not sort the problem.

[/ QUOTE ] Twaddle, to be polite about it, as I said I have recently done both my poles quite successfully with WD40/Plusgas and working the pins in and out so if I can do it then it is possible unless there is something vastly different between the original poster's spinny pole ends and mine.
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If the end fitting is one of the type that insert into the Al pole then you may have a great deal of difficulty removing it from the tube. One I got involved with one some time back. It required cutting the tube open to enble it to be peeled away fromm the fitting. The Al parts just grow together with corrosion. Obviously they were not fitted with Duralac or similar.
You should be able to remove the pin and spring and clean out with a round file the hole and sandpaper the pin. However some types may require removal from the pole. If it has a plastic sleeve then I can see that lubricant may not help much as the corrosion will simply bear on the plastic and reduce clearances.
Perhaps a photo will help the experts on this item tell you h0ow to dismantle. good luck ...olewill
 
'Twasnae me with the problem.

Agreed if there is a plastic sleeve between the pin and the ally end there may be some compression of the sleeve onto the the pin due to corrosion betwen the sleeve and the pin. I have not seen one of that type but maybe they do exist. The ends on my poles do not have a sleeve so it is SS pin running in ally hole hence the WD/Plusgas worked a treat for me. Even the little whisker pole has the same type of ends - no sleeve.
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Re: Perhaps

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you may revise your opinion about half way through next season!

It's true that lubrication will ease the problem, but only dismantling and cleaning will solve it.

[/ QUOTE ]No. Only regular maintenance solves the problem. Application of a little lubricant now and again keeps everything working well. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
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