Well, I wouldn't have gone with BOMZ, nor anything aluminum, but that's just me.
Here's something that might help.
Do you have a toaster oven? if not, fire up your kitchen oven, to about 450°.
stick those sleeves in the oven. Then, get out a wire wheel, and remove all the paint from the struts themselves.
Get the strut mounted in a vise or something, so you don't have to juggle them when your hot bits come out of the oven.
When the sleeves are really really hot, and expanded, make sure you have some heat-protection on your hands, grab one of the sleeves, and get it onto the strut body as fast as you can. AL gives away its heat pretty darned quickly, so the best bet would be to have a toaster oven at your work area.
This may or may not work, depending on how different the sizes are. if they're close enough, it will work fine, and the perches will thread on fine. If it's just big enough, the perches won't thread on, then you're screwed.
--sarge
Here's something that might help.
Do you have a toaster oven? if not, fire up your kitchen oven, to about 450°.
stick those sleeves in the oven. Then, get out a wire wheel, and remove all the paint from the struts themselves.
Get the strut mounted in a vise or something, so you don't have to juggle them when your hot bits come out of the oven.
When the sleeves are really really hot, and expanded, make sure you have some heat-protection on your hands, grab one of the sleeves, and get it onto the strut body as fast as you can. AL gives away its heat pretty darned quickly, so the best bet would be to have a toaster oven at your work area.
This may or may not work, depending on how different the sizes are. if they're close enough, it will work fine, and the perches will thread on fine. If it's just big enough, the perches won't thread on, then you're screwed.
--sarge
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