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Originally Posted by Sean Williams
Plusgas is a similar viscosity to WD40 - it has to be so that it can creep.
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I expected as much and those cans with tips do not appear to be supplied with a cap? The aerosol seems significantly cheaper but does not appear to come with one of those thin applicator tubes. The only place I can find the stuff is on Amazon.
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Originally Posted by Sean Williams
To be honest though, the reason it has gone tight on the shaft is probably due to the phenolic shaft swelling - be warned that this may well end up going horribly wrong if too much force is applied.
a proper puller is best, you can apply a constant pressure to the shaft, and hopefully this controlled method will be kinder to the parts.
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Originally Posted by mark_in_manc
I have a couple of these 8A jobs. One came very corroded, and the 'plastic' tube in the middle had swollen and gone very tight - I think they swell if they are stored anywhere other than dry....
Mark
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I didn't think that kind of material could well, but that certainly might explain a lot. The residues would seem to indicate that it has been somewhere damp at some point but perhaps not extremely so. I share your concern about things going horribly wrong, bit with the insulating shaft and the metal components. I did have a puller somewhere but I have not done any work on cars in a long time. I'm not sure whether I still have it, but I will try and dig it out and see if it can be put to good use.
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Originally Posted by ajgriff
The attached sketch illustrates how I think the whole thing goes together and comes apart. You will notice that drawing was not one of my better subjects at school. Hope it helps anyway. Good luck!
Alan
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Thanks for that sketch. After you mentioned the collar, that is how I now see it. Hopefully I might have some time later to have a crack at it.