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     Ethostech Tinkerer Username: Ethostech Post Number: 158 Registered: 07-2006 Rating: N/A |
Glenn .. re your posting here. We both know that manufacturer's change detail over production years - and I don't question your ring-splitting logic. But the Mats and Matics which I have dissembled would not lend themselves to your methodology because the fairly robust slotted ring is only the tip of the iceberg. The ring extends a threaded portion beneath and it is that which seizes solid. It is several years ago but I recall considering splitting the ring - before concluding that such wouldn't get me anywhere. It also occurred to me that if the entire visible slotted ring were ground off with a Dremel, the tension released might enable the captive threaded remnant to be unscrewed. But I moved on as labelling the job uneconomic. Still - at least it is a proper engineering challenge. Quite unlike today's plastic & polycarbonate junk :-) Would you like a bucketful of EOS examples? :-(( |