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CANT DISSASEMBLE XTERRA 70
- Thread starter LPB
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BarnacleBill
New member
1. Just making sure, are the locking collars loosened?
2. Put a little WD40 in each hole where the rods are telescoped together & let it set 10 minutes.
3. Slowly work the rods(apply a bending pressure from different directions).
4. Repeat step 2
5. Repeat step 3 etc etc until you can feel/hear them start to give way.
Now push the button and grasping with a rag twist left/right as you pull them apart.
The WD40 is going to be smelly & messy, so best done outside. If you're a real glutton for punishment you can use something like Liquid Wrench, but then your detector is going to smell like a freshly cleaned gun for about a month.
HH
BarnacleBill
2. Put a little WD40 in each hole where the rods are telescoped together & let it set 10 minutes.
3. Slowly work the rods(apply a bending pressure from different directions).
4. Repeat step 2
5. Repeat step 3 etc etc until you can feel/hear them start to give way.
Now push the button and grasping with a rag twist left/right as you pull them apart.
The WD40 is going to be smelly & messy, so best done outside. If you're a real glutton for punishment you can use something like Liquid Wrench, but then your detector is going to smell like a freshly cleaned gun for about a month.
HH
BarnacleBill
Shenandoah Digger
New member
I had the same thing happen to me a while back. I think it comes from moisture getting in and then seizing. I tried the WD40 trick, but it didn't work. I had to put the rod in a bathtub overnight, and then it came apart easily. After that, I coated it with WD before reassembling it, and now I can take it apart fairly easily.