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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tazza" data-source="post: 17099" data-attributes="member: 82">No matter what, there is ALWAYS a way. If the gland is stuck you can heat it and get it free, i had to heat it and use an air chisel to get it free. It tore it to pieces but i got it out. If the rod broke all the way back where the piston is i would have installed a length of steel and welded it to the piston or whats left of the rod and use a slide hammer to pull it out. If your welding rod isn't long enough you could rig something up like hold the rod on the end of a piece of steel, i can think of a few different ways to get it free.Removing the base of the cylinder is an idea too. Any machine shop with any skills could do this without an issue.If the gland is the only problem, you can always grind it out with a bur and die grinder, as its aluminum it won't be too hard. Get most of it out before you get to the threads and use a hammer to collapse it.</blockquote>