: Have any of you had a kayak paddle that will not go together even when it is
: competely clean? I have two paddles that I have used for years that have
: develped that problem. They are mated to the correct other end. It seems
: to be the inner tube that is too large as the outer tube on both paddles
: will go on a 3rd identical paddle just fine. They are all glass shaft
: paddles.

Maybe you can just rinse them in water. My sailing masts is four pieces of aluminum sliding tubing that has an insertion of 18 inches into each other. I was having trouble with them binding. I tried to vacuum them out with a shop vac and that didn't work but simple rinsing them in water did the trick. Maybe squirt them good with a garden hose for extra cleaning pressure.

John