I try to keep the maintenance up on my mods. One issue I've been having with my 69 is the contact for pole. I have been unable to remove it from the plastic. There may be marks visible on the plated gold that have resulted from pliers slipping off. I have tried just about everything except holding the plastic with another set of pliers. I don't want to do this, because I know the plastic part will be destroyed. I have been using finger strength to hold the plastic, but the contact won't unscrew. Has anyone else tried to remove it? I have seen it done in one of the maintenance videos posted by Kalafan. It came out really easy in the video, but it feels like mine is glued on.
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Man I wish you would have posted this before taking pliers to your mod lol. The threading is lefty tighy righty loosy for that part good luck