"riverman" wrote in message
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On Jul 5, 12:01 pm, rw wrote:

the rod later, it was jammed. Although I was able to get the sections
apart using the 'behind the knee' method, I--riverman

Hi Myron,

A straight in-line pull is needed and the behind the knee method is one. I
was taught a slightly different approach - if you have a friend handy -
let's call the friend A and me B

With the ferrule between A and B, A takes a firm grip with one hand on B's
side of the ferrule and close to it, and the other hand about 18" on the
other (his) side of the ferrule. B then takes a firm grip with one hand on
A's side of the ferrule and close to it then, the other hand about 18" from
the ferrule on his side.

Now pull steadily and the joint will come apart.

This is much easier to demonstrate that to explain - usually the case with
simple manoeuvres


Bill