BuckleBoy
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Please read my update in reply #66. Hallelujah! 
Hello All,
Does anyone have any experience getting a lower pole assembly un-stuck from the upper pole assembly? I have a Fisher 1266-XB (breakdown model), and when I packed it in its case, I snugged the lower pole up into the middle pole (as is supposed to be done in order to pack it up). It is stuck--and I mean, unbelievably stuck.
The last time I used the detector was in a wet pasture, with some tall grass, and I neglected to wipe the lower pole before I pushed it up inside the middle part. I imagine that some grass seed or other muck worked its way in between the two fiberglass poles.
What I have tried:
whacking the pole on the end with a hammer to dislodge it.
putting the lower pole into a vise and pulling on the middle pole
heating the middle pole (aluminum one) with a blow torch then trying to pull the lower pole (fiberglass) out
squirting WD-40 into the adjustment holes, as well as the top and bottom of the middle pole at the plastic bolts
soaking the poles in Hot soapy water and trying to pull them apart again.
freezing both overnight, then heating the middle pole with a hair dryer and trying to pull the lower pole out.
I am thinking at this point I might have to try and find someone that has a middle and lower pole assembly for sale. Does anyone know if Fisher still keeps parts for these detectors in stock?
Any ideas on how to get 'em freed up?
Thanks in advance,
Buckles
Hello All,
Does anyone have any experience getting a lower pole assembly un-stuck from the upper pole assembly? I have a Fisher 1266-XB (breakdown model), and when I packed it in its case, I snugged the lower pole up into the middle pole (as is supposed to be done in order to pack it up). It is stuck--and I mean, unbelievably stuck.
The last time I used the detector was in a wet pasture, with some tall grass, and I neglected to wipe the lower pole before I pushed it up inside the middle part. I imagine that some grass seed or other muck worked its way in between the two fiberglass poles.
What I have tried:
whacking the pole on the end with a hammer to dislodge it.
putting the lower pole into a vise and pulling on the middle pole
heating the middle pole (aluminum one) with a blow torch then trying to pull the lower pole (fiberglass) out
squirting WD-40 into the adjustment holes, as well as the top and bottom of the middle pole at the plastic bolts
soaking the poles in Hot soapy water and trying to pull them apart again.
freezing both overnight, then heating the middle pole with a hair dryer and trying to pull the lower pole out.
I am thinking at this point I might have to try and find someone that has a middle and lower pole assembly for sale. Does anyone know if Fisher still keeps parts for these detectors in stock?
Any ideas on how to get 'em freed up?
Thanks in advance,
Buckles
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----put in clamp vertically --spray WD 40 in the holes in the upper shaft (by doing it vertically gravity and time are your freinds 
)-- then duct tape a "vibrating type tool" to lower shaft ***run the tool non stop to make the lower shaft "viberate" within the upper shaft which hopefully will break up the "binding" effect thus allowing the WD 40 to get in there and loosen it up so it will come apart . 
Maybe that doesn't hold true in every scenario 
Good luck, Buck, with getting it un-stuck. 
