Well I did the tear down today and mostly it was uneventful, but the sadistic person that put that RA worm together really P'd me off.
The driven RA gear on the end of the worm has two grub screws which were buried in some sort of lock-tight compound, one came out ok but the other was a real trial - I was worried about breaking off the Allen key inside the grub screw it was bending so much, I finally had to heat up the screw with a soldering iron to get it to break loose. Then I found that they had painted lock-tight all around inside of the opposite end where the Worm Shaft end bearing nut is located, and the black cap was also held tight by lock-tight. After I finally got the black cap loose I found the bearing tool I bought with the kit would not move the shaft lock nut at all, the notches were filled with lock-tight. I spent an hour scraping lock-tight out of the threads and the notches on the end cap so that the bearing tool could get some purchase. Finally got it to move and eventually all the way out. I dread what I will find on the DEC Worm Shaft.
So it this a common issue with modding these mounts? Or did I just get a 'special' one.
