My mate put his hardy sirus together on Sunday! and whether it was the heat or he just pushed it to tight now he cant get it apart.
We tried hot water the two handed grip and even 2 g clamps as tight as we dared but no movement any other ideas please.

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I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,9 bean rows will I have there and a hive for the honey bee.

With an expensive bit of kit, it may be an idea to give Hardys a ring. They are usually very helpful and if it snaps in the process you have a good case for getting it replaced for free. Alan

The only other thing I can see that would be safe is take two pieices of bike inner tube and wrap them around each section then with the two of you pulling and twising opposite directions it should come away if not give him a slap for putting it together so tight then get him to spend the pennies sending it too hardy I'm pretty sure after he gets the bill he won't do it again.

Its not heat you use but cold.
If 2 of you are going to try to get it apart ony 1 of you should do the pulling so that you are pulling straight.

run it under cold water then tuck it behing your knees, grip and lever apart with the legs....then rub a candle on the bits that go in for next time if there is a next time after the G clamps

I concur on all accounts

You could travel to outer space - the relative vacuum and bombardment by funky rays may loosen it. Then again it would cost a bit!

I was staying in a fishing hotel and someone had this happen. They took the rod pieces away and said they would put them in a freezer - must have been a very big freezer! Maybe you could try packets of frozen peas or similar around the ferral.

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"Nature is the artistry of God, and there are times when one is alone with one's rod by the riverside when Heaven seems very near" TK Wilson of Skipton "Trout by all Means" 1966

I have had this issue with 2 sirrus rods that I have fortunately the Hywell Morgan trick of grasping either side of the joint (Ferrule), behind the kneesand moving the knees apart has worked. I tend not to use the rods now but when I do I make sure the ferrules are waxed up prior to assembling the rod

hi,

i used to get this all the time with a match pole and a quiver tip rod,the best way to do it is,

you need 3 people,one at either end of the stuck sections,they should pull slightly,(not twist)just pull lightly,
the 3rd person works the stuck joint in a circular motion with finger and thumb of both hands,
do not try to use any force anywhere its all about movement not pressure

after a while the gentle pulling and gentle circular movement will allow air to enter the joint and it will just pull apart,

i have done this with hundreds of stuck sections of pole for people on the match scene and it has never failed me yet,

its easier to show than explain but the secret is gentle movement and not brute force

fime

I agree with fime - and I used to have a pole with sticky sections too, that was a pain in the backside.

On rods with unvarnished spigot joints, I prefer a coating of soft pencil lead to candle wax. Both my fly rods have varnished put-over joints, and I wouldn't put anything on those.

I've got a pair of neoprene fishing gloves with a very soft, very grippy rubber palm. I've not had cause to try them on a stuck rod, but my wife's clarinet is a swine for sticking joints and they sort that out perfectly without putting excess pressure on the keys (if I'd paid that much money for something that arrived needing the attention of a technician to cure a design fault, I'd be furious, but apparently they all do that). The gloves are definitely better than ordinary rubber gloves, but if I didn't have them I would consider trying a pair of marigolds for a stuck rod.