removing impy feed tube...

[Robinator]

don't want to mess up this one but damn it is tight! replacing it with a twister on thje w/end and need to get the standard one off first...any suggestions?
i am going to be at the m25 so if anyone has one of those belt lever things then could you PM me please (could i borrow it?)
Thanks, Robin

 

[Morter]

erm, sounds stupid, but I had to take mine off just now and I put a few rubber bands around it and it came off easily, gives loads more grip

 

[Robinator]

ok mate will try that...

bet i won't be able to find a single bloody elastic band in the house now!
Cheers, Robin

 

[Robinator]

tried it....

and it didn't work...
any other ideas?

 

[Tommy Gun-Nexus]

You need to heat up the locktite Rob. Im sure youve got a hair dryer handy

If not heat it up with a lighter bud..

 

[Robinator]

I have a blow torch (much more manly than the aforementioned blow dryer)

I suppose i could give it a blsat with that... must remember not to use bare hands to unscrew afterwards though
....ooh i'll just get my oven gloves

 

[Tommy Gun-Nexus]

Heat it, dont melt it man

 

[jahlad]

i had a BITCH of a time getting mine of, one day it came off easy so i put it back on and BANG it locked in place

what i did was go to b&q and buy a strap wrench, they do one called a 'baby boa' it got the tube off easy! then i put it back in the packaging and took it back to the shop and got a refund sorted
just waiting for my nu-designz no-rise to arrive any day

mine wasnt locktited tho, if yours is give it a go but you might have to heat it up a bit, just blast it with a hair dryer (take the bolt out if its a plastic one )

 

[Parksy]

Mine was loctited... tried belt levers, screwing the revy in tight and trying to twist it... then heated it with a hairdryer the full works.... ended up having to just break the old tube by twisting it off with pipe grips...

Be warned though... be VERY VERY careful when screwing the replacement feed in... bad news if you thread those threads

Dave

 

[Half-Pint]

my old hi rise was loctited in, i got it out when i was playing, threw myself into a snake and fell off, had to screw it back in whilst lying on my face! anyway, put a lo rise on it, havent loctite it or anything and it stays fine, i'm so jammy like that.

have you tried putting your hopper on and twistin that bro?

Hp