Bodge JobsIf you can't fix it with a hammer and a roll of duck tape, it's not worth fixing at all, my old mate said minutes before that nasty business with the hammer and a roll of duck tape. Tell us of McGyver-like repairs and whether they were a brilliant success or a health and safety nightmare.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 11:58)
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Maybe....The problem is that as you heat it up the joint will get tighter (the aluminium will expand more than the steel). However, aluminium is very conducting - much more so that steel and so you may be able to free it by then cooling the aluminium part quickly while the steel stays hot.
The other approach is to cool the whole area. When the whole lot cools, the aluminium will shrink more than the steel. Not too sure whether practical methods of cooling it will be enough thou'.
Edit vipros' method of a CO2 extinguisher might do it: -78'C. Wear gloves.
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Ugi , it's a game of give and cake, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:21,
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