Quote Originally Posted by jeff-oh View Post
Oh in that case you'll be fine. Tight is good. .

Only time I had sticking issues was in the rain and water got in the joint. A little twisting back in forth of the middle pole allowed the joint to work free without too much effort.

Only real issue I've had is I dropped the bag on the driveway and bent one of the aluminum sleeves. The pole would no longer go in. Had to spend about 5 min. placing the tip of various sized pliers in the end and while twisting the pliers force the AL tube back round.

KirbyC, A suggestion on cutting the sleeves when you do. If you use a pipe cutter, go slowly without out much pressure on the cutting wheel and place a scrap piece of the EMT in the AL tube as a backer. It helps keep the AL round and minimizes the burr/end taper that may give trouble on inserting the EMT later.
Thanks for the advice on cutting. That makes sense and will help.