If you could borrow a second pair of hands and another torch, you could heat the hinge from the back. I'm sure you could get enough heat into it but doing it with one torch while not overheating the tube would be tricky I think
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If you could borrow a second pair of hands and another torch, you could heat the hinge from the back. I'm sure you could get enough heat into it but doing it with one torch while not overheating the tube would be tricky I think