Is there an effective way of removing a bore spacer inner sleeve with the tubing installed on the horn? The only experience I have is driving it out with heat and penetrating oil when the tube is off the horn.
Maybe some sort of special tool for that purpose?
Removing tubing sleeve
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Removing tubing sleeve
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Re: Removing tubing sleeve
Got it figured out.
I used a lot of penetrating oil and an adjustable reamer:
I expanded the reamer inside the sleeve so it would grip, and just turned until it freed up.
Not a traditional use for the tool, but it worked quite well!
I used a lot of penetrating oil and an adjustable reamer:
I expanded the reamer inside the sleeve so it would grip, and just turned until it freed up.
Not a traditional use for the tool, but it worked quite well!
"Even a broken clock is right twice a day".
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Re: Removing tubing sleeve
You did a lot more work than I had to do. I was cleaning the main tuning slide tube of my Wessex Helicon with some paper towel and the inner tubing sleeve just came out. Bounty, the quicker taker outer.
Michael Grant
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Re: Removing tubing sleeve
Lucky you
This tubing is probably over 50 years old. What happens is it gets corroded in place, and can be a real bugger to dislodge. On a new horn it should be easy, but not THAT easy......
(As a younger man I used to go to Rosie's Diner in Little Ferry, NJ - never saw her there, BTW.... )
This tubing is probably over 50 years old. What happens is it gets corroded in place, and can be a real bugger to dislodge. On a new horn it should be easy, but not THAT easy......
(As a younger man I used to go to Rosie's Diner in Little Ferry, NJ - never saw her there, BTW.... )
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Re: Removing tubing sleeve
Some of those 'filler tubes' can be a real pain to get out.... especially is a spot of solder has somehow gotten inside. I'll look into your approach next time I'm faced with the problem. Sounds like a good plan. I often used another inner tube of the same size to drive the insert out but once anything get swelled... you're pretty much done.
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Re: Removing tubing sleeve
Dan, if the tube was off the horn, I would have done it exactly the way you described (drive it out with heat and another tube). The only reason I used the reamer was because the tube was still on the horn and I was too lazy to take it off....
I expanded it just enough to "bite", yet not actually "expand".
I expanded it just enough to "bite", yet not actually "expand".
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