Originally Posted by
tgtaylor
I got tired of having the roller fall off into the trough and finally got around to replacing the roller block. I bought a small bottle of De-Solve-It Contractors Solvent ("The most powerful solvent allowed by law" the bottle reads) from Ace Hardware and squirted solvent into it for a day or so. The stop wouldn't budge. I emailed Omar at Catlabs and he replied that the stop was installed by pressure/friction and the only way to remove it was by force. If you break the rails, he said, you will have to get a new lift. I thought about sawing the rails off at their ends then last night I got the idea to try pounding the stop off with the screwdriver handle. That way I could protect the rails from damage. It worked but the stop broke in half at the center where I hit it with the screwdriver handle but otherwise is completely off and the rails are undamaged. I can still use the stop by inserting each end on the respected pipe but emailed Omar if a replacement stop was available.
So the lesson from this is to go easy when installing the rollers on the block.
Thomas
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