Pipe won't budge.

Alan(CaliforniaRadiant)Forbes

If it's only a short piece of 1-1/4" pipe, just take your sawsall blade, put it in the pipe and make two opposing cuts through the pipe being careful not to cut the threads of the coupling. You've got to make sure that the blade stays parallel to the pipe to get an even cut.

After the cuts are made, the pieces should come out quite easily.

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Henry_3

Pipe won't budge

Yup this is a 1 1/4 " black pipe thats been sawed short.
It is threaded into a reducing coupling that joins it to the main 2 " pipe. My problem is this: How can I heat the reducing coupleing to help free up the 1 1/4' pipe when the walls of the reducing coupling are practically 3/8" thick.
I have tried some penetrant sprays and a little heat...but I still cannot back off the 1 1/4" pipe from that heavy reducing coupling. If all else fails I may have to just get a welder in here to braze a nice little 1 1/4 " copper fitting on to the stub of the originally remaining 1 1/4" black pipe.

Unknown

Just like this -

Took a few pics on the last big steamer . When you knock the wedge out of the cut you make , you want to hit the leftover piece of pipe in a few spots to loosen it up .

Unknown

Took some pics -

of the last steam job , and cutting out the leftover pipe in a tee . When you knock out the wedge you cut , make sure to hit the leftover piece with a hammer in a few spots to loosen it in the fitting .

eleft(retired)

stuck

another way...Change the reducer coupling...Use a large hammer to backup and hit the opposite side of the coupling with another hammer where it attaches to the 2" pipe ... Follow this procedure all around the coupling and unthread the loosened coupling... get a new reducer

al