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Location: MN | The front casting deck on my boat is tight and I want the butt seat removed, even if I need to cut it off at the base. The previous owner stated that the butt seat had not been removed for many years. I have tried spraying the base-crease with WD40 and hitting it with a rubber mallet to loosen it up, but this has not worked. Does anyone have tricks or recommendations for removing a stuck pedestal seat?
Edited by Mak51 6/10/2009 9:28 PM
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Location: Stevens Point, WI | A better penetrating oil like Kroil might do the trick. Load it up and let it sit for a long time and bang away?? |
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| take locking pliars and turn it..........it works....
the locking pliars similar to a vice-grip
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_grip
Edited by Muskie Bob 6/11/2009 6:29 AM
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Location: Home of the 2016 World Series Champion Cubs | What brand and type of base is it? |
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | Try using a pipe wrench to turn it. -> more leverage. I'd try counter clockwise first, just in case it's threaded.
Have fun!
Al
Edited by ESOX Maniac 6/11/2009 7:34 AM
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Location: Roseau | I had this happen to me once. Depending on which style pedestal and base you have you can maybe remove the base with the pedestal in it. Then you can pound it out from the bottom and screw the base back down. That worked great for me!
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| If you can take the base out and it is a metal to metal connection let it soak with penetrating oil like you have then heat it up with a torch, and pound her out. I would do this of course after the other stuff that has been mentioned was tried.
It's amazing what a little heat will do to loosen things up. There's been many a time on the farm where you think something is stuck for good, heat it up with with the torch and it pops right off. |
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Location: Hayward, WI | If it's really really stuck you might want to take the base off anyway and spray your penetrating oil from the top and bottom (I think most bases have a hole in the bottom of the base). You might be able to get more coverage that way. I also would try everything everyone else said.
Oh yeah, you can also try putting the whole thing in a freezer if it will fit, and then try heating it up, or better yet, pack some dry ice around it if you can find some, and then try to heat the base up fairly quickly (before the post is able to get heated up). I had a a bearing race that I COULD NOT get out of a hub, and doing this made it come out fairly easy.
curleytail
Edited by curleytail 6/11/2009 9:24 AM
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Location: MN | Thanks for the feedback. The base appears to be mounted into the hull and under the carpet... don't think the base will come out. The pedestal in an old Ranger pedestal from 1990. Mostly likely will try finding a large wrench and use that approach. |
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| Remember you can always put a pipe over the handle for more LEVERAGE! |
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Location: Rhinelander | Pipe wrench and a cheater. (pipe over the wrench handle) Throw some muscle and grunts at it, it will break lose.
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Location: Home of the 2016 World Series Champion Cubs | Hodag Hunter - 6/11/2009 4:07 PM
Pipe wrench and a cheater. (pipe over the wrench handle) Throw some muscle and grunts at it, it will break lose.
Something usually always breaks lose when employing this method.....cant always be sure its what you had intended though. |
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| sawzall
http://www.milwaukeeconnect.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_2...
Also works for checking whether your phantoms are made of wood
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Pedestal Butt Seat Issue