any ideas how to get undone have 3 sections stuck
Help pleaee
Hi windiewasher
Is this the second hand one you picked up recently?
If so did it still have its joint stops fitted? (wrap of black fibre-glass tape about 6" down from the top of each section).
If it didn't then this will be why this has happened to you as with them fitted they virtually never jam in use, in fact it has been so long since this has happened to a client I have had to look up the various methods that can be used to separate them.
Try this first - Get 2 people both wearing rubber gloves. Get the first person to hold the upper section tightly. Get the second person to twist the lower section in a clockwise direction (looks wrong but it is the right way). This usually works well and the following steps are usually never needed.
If the above doesn't work then try this next method. Get 3 people - one on each end of the stuck sections pulling hard and then get a third person in the middle standing by the joint. Get this person to hold the joint and move it in a circular motion as if they were trying to move the pole like a skipping rope. What this does is to gently unwind the joint. It may take a minute or two to work.
If the above still does not work then try this final method. Get 3 people - one on each end of the stuck sections pulling hard and the get a third person in the middle by the joint. With a rubber or wooden mallet get this person to repeatedly and firmly to tap the joint with the hammer. Persist with this for up to 10 minutes and the joint will free itself.
When you have freed these sections then completely clean, degrease and dry each of the joints. Dry-fit them all back together and then at about 2mm below the natural joint position wrap joint-stop tape around the lower section about 4-5 times. Separate the sections and dry-film PTFE spray each joint. This should now prevent this ever happening again.