). I need to remove it, but I am not sure how. I have tried wrenching it off with a monkey wrench; no luck. I have tried to make it slide off by repeatedly smashing it with 3/4" pipe; no luck. I think that my only option (other than chemicals) would be to use a propane torch to break the epoxy seal and then pull the male adapter off. Will this work, or will it do nothing? Are there any other methods you can think of to remove this male adapter? I do not want to shorten the barrel at all, so cutting it off is not a possibility.If you have any reasonable suggestions, that you believe may have a reason to work (in other words, don't just post random ideas that you have no idea whether they will or will not work just to up your post count). Thanks for the input.
). I grabbed a piece of 3/4" copper pipe, sleeved it on the aluminum barrel (a perfect fit, by the way), and proceeded to continually smash the joint down. Finally, it broke off. I threw it as far away from my house as I could (probably not a good idea in retrospect), and the deed was done.
