Need something to remove an object stuck in a tube

tom_e · 21 Jan 2016 at 11:33

So I've got a rubber bung with a hole down the middle stuck in the middle of a length of tube and I only have access from one end to pull it out.

Anyone got any ideas on what I could use? It's well stuck in.

Cleisthenes · 21 Jan 2016 at 11:34

tom_e · 21 Jan 2016 at 11:41

Well that didn't take long

No it's no ones penis, you degenerates!

Cleisthenes · 21 Jan 2016 at 11:43

tom_e said:
Well that didn't take long

No it's no ones penis, you degenerates!

HA

topgun06 · 21 Jan 2016 at 11:49

No medical threads... :eek:

bloodiedathame · 21 Jan 2016 at 11:53

How big is the hole in the bung?

tom_e · 21 Jan 2016 at 11:57

M6 thread size

lude1962 · 21 Jan 2016 at 11:58

how wide is the tube, how far down the tube to the bung?

Jono · 21 Jan 2016 at 11:59

what about one of those plasterboard fixings that expands behind?

tom_e · 21 Jan 2016 at 11:59

Tube is 19mm ID and the bung is around 30-40mm down the tube

tom_e · 21 Jan 2016 at 12:00

Jono said:
what about one of those plasterboard fixings that expands behind?

That's a good shout, not sure if I'll be able to get one long enough though as the bung could be quite thick. How thick I'm not sure.

Rroff · 21 Jan 2016 at 12:07

Air pressure? i.e. a bike/football pump or a plunger or something pulled over the hole?

(assuming you can block the other end or its already air tight)

Mark M · 21 Jan 2016 at 12:26

Wire coat hanger?
Drill it out?
Glue something to the bung and hope its got enough grip to pull it out with it?

brendy · 21 Jan 2016 at 12:29

tom_e said:
Well that didn't take long

No it's no ones penis, you degenerates!

Mark M said:
Wire coat hanger?
Drill it out?
Glue something to the bung and hope its got enough grip to pull it out with it?

And yet Im still sat here making faces and sitting uneasy. :eek:

Quartz · 21 Jan 2016 at 12:33

You say that the bung has a hole in the middle. Get a piece of wood or metal ~15mm long, secure some string to the middle such that the string stays there. push that through the hole in the bung, and pull.

kinobestew123 · 21 Jan 2016 at 12:46

I'd say use a piece of dowel that's about the same diameter as the hole in the bung. Coat about the last inch or two in a very strong adhesive glue and push it into the bung hole.

Leave it to set and then tug away on the dowel.

theone8181 · 21 Jan 2016 at 12:53

Do you mean it's got an m6 thread in it, in which case grubscrew and another piece of bar?

lude1962 · 21 Jan 2016 at 13:17

it may need some lube being rubber

craig_t · 21 Jan 2016 at 13:42

Something with an umbrella effect? cocktail umbrella with a bit of lube so it can push through but opens up - gaffa tape one to a longer thinner stick?

Sandycheeks · 21 Jan 2016 at 13:57

tom_e said:
M6 thread size

Is it an M6 thread, is it threaded?
If it's threaded go buy a bolt, if it's not threaded go buy a through bolt...you can insert the end into the bung-hole, get a spacer and tighten the nut against the spacer which will force the end of the bolt to expand...then pull.