Please Help: Wood Peg Stuck in the Insulator

[Chasmodes]

Hi Everyone. First time poster here. I just found this site. I have a porcelain insulator that I found that has the wooden peg (that was attached to an iron bolt through the cross arm), where the wooden peg is stuck. I can't budge it. I tried using various tools to unscrew it, but I can't move it. In fact, I've damaged the peg. I don't care to keep the peg, but if I try to manually remove it with more force, I'm afraid that I might break the insulator. I was thinking about may spraying WD 40 or Liquid Wrench, or another lubricant around the edges to try and loosen it, but I'm not sure that it would penetrate enough, or even work on the grime that's causing it to be stuck. I thought about soaking it in Barkeeper's Friend too. Anyway, do you all think any of those techniques would work? If not, what would you do?

Many thanks!

 

[nydigger]

Hi Everyone. First time poster here. I just found this site. I have a porcelain insulator that I found that has the wooden peg (that was attached to an iron bolt through the cross arm), where the wooden peg is stuck. I can't budge it. I tried using various tools to unscrew it, but I can't move it. In fact, I've damaged the peg. I don't care to keep the peg, but if I try to manually remove it with more force, I'm afraid that I might break the insulator. I was thinking about may spraying WD 40 or Liquid Wrench, or another lubricant around the edges to try and loosen it, but I'm not sure that it would penetrate enough, or even work on the grime that's causing it to be stuck. I thought about soaking it in Barkeeper's Friend too. Anyway, do you all think any of those techniques would work? If not, what would you do?

Many thanks!

Soak it in water to soften the wood up. Then either spin it out with a big flat head screw driver or gently take it out piece by piece

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[GRACE ABOUND]

Hi Chasmodes I Am Sending You A Photo Of How The Insulator Is Mounted They Are Screwed On The Chassis And They Have To Be Un Screwed

 

[Chasmodes]

Thank you nydigger, that's what I thought, no easy way LOL. Soaking makes sense. I'll report back on my results once finished.

Grace, thank you, but my issue isn't getting it off of the chassis, it's getting the wood insert pin out of the insulator after removal from the chassis. Still, I like the photos

 

[dumpicker]

I think soaking it will make the wood swell and become tighter. I think drying it out somehow would shrink the wood so you could unscrew it. But I am a new member so beware of my advise

 

[ROBBYBOBBY64]

Soak it in water to soften the wood up. Then either spin it out with a big flat head screw driver or gently take it out piece by piece

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Might just swell up the wood and make it tighter, I think you should dry out the wood and it might shrink enough to pull it out. Here is what the threads look like. Turn the insulator counter-clockwise in the upright position.
ROBBYBOBBY64.

 

[Chasmodes]

Thank you so much. I think that I'll let it dry out before doing anything else. I appreciate the suggestions!

 

[Harry Pristis]

Try locking the peg in a vise, then using a strap wrench to unscrew the insulator. Strap wrenches with flexible, rubberized straps are inexpensive -- try Harbor Freight or equivalent -- and they work great in the kitchen on stuck jar lids.

 

[Brutalfly]

I know you said it was on a wooden peg but I had a couple that were rusted to a metal peg and then it was bolted on the wooden cross arm. I sprayed WD40 down into the holes where the threads were and let it sit for almost a week. Then I sprayed some more down into the insulator and was able to loosen it up very slowly and got both of my insulators off of the metal peg.