[Jeff Brimble]

Your awfully quiet Dave, how did the unsticking go ??

[david thomas]

Manage to pull 1 & 2 apart with my friend can not budge 4 & 5 but will be buying a blow torch tomorrow and will try your way we used the pole today all ten sections worked well have taped the section like in your photos

[Moderator David@stives]

to add to my woes , we had a no 5 and 6 stuck together, now i only have one arm to grip with.

not good at all#

[david thomas]

I ride Motocross Bikes have had that injury ten year ago came of my bike bloody painful took  me a couple of months to heal depends what age you are I was 39 back then

[Moderator David@stives]

i am 42 , the doc said its only the second time he has ever seen the same injury

[Jeff Brimble]

Dear Moderator ahem, now that your sitting idle  , get the hot air gun out and play with it  : for as long as it takes, you now have the patience and time.
Heat it up and let it cool at least 6 times, then get your luverly lady to grip it tight and give it a twist 
Hope the two Daves have success tomorrow.
Shoulder, its the most complicated joint in the body, its floating. But I believe it will get better, good enough for work as long as you do totally what your told.

[Sapphire Window Cleaning]

I've had this pole for around 3 months from new it has 10 sections,will reach around 61 feet. only used it 6 times, from new but having problems pulling section 1 & section 2 apart & section 4 & 5 I always greese each section and don't force the sections  together, today this has happened again but this time could not remove them the pole feels reel bendy at 7 sections do you think as the poles bends it is tightening the sections to the point that they can't be pulled apart. This weekend i've got to use all 10 sections on a new contract any help please.

p.s I am useing superlite brush & goose neck

Where I highlighted is the problem.
I use carbon poles all the time for match fishing I have never ever used grease, grease holds on to dirt and dust!
all you need to do is keep the joints CLEAN and DRY.
Before fixing the sections to each other, rub your finger inside the end of the sections that slide over the next section.


Matt

[mark dew]

Having just brought a superlite i am reading this with interest ( and  worry!)

I wouldn't worry too much. There is very little that 4 hands can't do with the sl2.
Mine getting stuck fast then breaking was due to my own ignorance and haste. I acted after i posted the problem on here, but before i got the proper answers. Silly me.  :

[Window Washers]

Having just brought a superlite i am reading this with interest ( and  worry!)

I wouldn't worry too much. There is very little that 4 hands can't do with the sl2.
Mine getting stuck fast then breaking was due to my own ignorance and haste. I acted after i posted the problem on here, but before i got the proper answers. Silly me.  :

do you still have the broken section ? if so can I have it for a small fee ?

Ian

[mark dew]

Yep still got it. It is a hammered no2 section with around 10 inches missing where it went into the no1 section. I also have the broken no1 section laying around.
The fee involved would be whatever it would cost to get to you.

[Window Washers]

Yep still got it. It is a hammered no2 section with around 10 inches missing where it went into the no1 section. I also have the broken no1 section laying around.
The fee involved would be whatever it would cost to get to you.

I am up for that Mark can you find out for me ?

[mark dew]

My postcode is nr33 0ub. Have got the package i got the pole with, so packing is no problem. Are you in a hurry with it? I can find out monday.

[Window Washers]

My postcode is nr33 0ub. Have got the package i got the pole with, so packing is no problem. Are you in a hurry with it? I can find out monday.

no I just want to do some tests

[mark dew]

Yep still got it. It is a hammered no2 section with around 10 inches missing where it went into the no1 section. I also have the broken no1 section laying around.
The fee involved would be whatever it would cost to get to you.

I am up for that Mark can you find out for me ?

Ian it will cost £10.50. That's broken section 1 and 2 in cardboard tube.

[weetot]

Try Beeswax on the pole.

[stevieg]

Its alright people advising heating and twisting but while your out working this isnt always practical. A 40 foot vertical pole isnt very friendly when its windy and stuck together as i know to my cost.
The best method is the electrical tape method,something i wish the sellers would advise before you first use them and not something you find out about off a forum when sections are damaged!!!!!

[david thomas]

And at £850 for the pole you think they would have supplied the tape

[Tosh]

Its alright people advising heating and twisting but while your out working this isnt always practical. A 40 foot vertical pole isnt very friendly when its windy and stuck together as i know to my cost.
The best method is the electrical tape method,something i wish the sellers would advise before you first use them and not something you find out about off a forum when sections are damaged!!!!!

If they were taped they'd look DIY! 

[david thomas]

they may as well be d.I.Y why do they put these products on the market sick of these poles

[jeff1]

Now I don't know if this will work because I'm poor and I can't afford a Carbon Modular pole  but if someone wants to spend an extra couple of quid and try this
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GRAPHITE-POWDER-fine-100g-bag_W0QQitemZ330376302562QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Collectables_RocksFossils_Minerals_EH?hash=item4cebf64fe2

Its graphite powder, Its used mainly in the lock industry to keep locks lubricated and the reason this is used rather than other lubricants is it lasts a lot longer than any other lubricant on the market and another of its main property is it does not attract dust, so maybe someone who wants to test it out and let the others know, If not if someone lives close to me then come here and I'll coat the Joints with some I have here.

Just thinking out aloud