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Old Feb 20, 2012 | 01:56 PM
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I was just a the shop that is doing my gears and we r having a hard time getting the crush sleeve in the rear 44 to crush. Anyone ever have this problem... tips...?
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Old Feb 20, 2012 | 02:18 PM
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Get a new one...have had 2 do this.
Tried another one and crushed fine.
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Old Feb 20, 2012 | 06:16 PM
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sometimes I will put just a little "pre-crush" in a vise to help. Once they start to crush they go much easier.
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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 04:47 PM
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sometimes I will put just a little "pre-crush" in a vise to help. Once they start to crush they go much easier.
Thx, I will give that a shot before getting another sleeve.
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