Rob, Be careful about pulling the stanchions out of the aluminum bases. Hopefully yours will slip right out.
ALL of my S.S. stanchions were fundamentally welded to the cast aluminum bases. I spent may hours/days soaking in solvents and heating. Wash, rinse, repeat. Did not loosen them one bit. A buddy with an acetylene torch took a crack at with the higher heat. After applying the heat, he started banging on the aluminum base to free it. Which is exactly what happened when the base disintegrated. That proved to be a costly lesson… Regards, Dave Godwin 1982 C&C 37 - Ronin Reedville - Chesapeake Bay Ronin’s Overdue Refit <http://roninrebuild.blogspot.com/> > On Jul 2, 2020, at 10:49 AM, Robert Abbott via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > > A fellow sailor, who is also a machinist, lent me his Snap On Impact > Driver...it got the seized SS screw out. In order to remove the stanchion > from the base, I will have to remove the stanchion base from the deck and he > will take it to his shop (basement in this case) to separate them and > straighten the stanchion. > > Rob Abbott > AZURA > C&C 32 - #277 > Halifax, N.S. >
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