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OK... I just purchased 2 vintage Brown and Sharpe mics on ebay. a 3-4 and a 4-5. They were delivered today. On both the lock wheels were stuck... they would only turn slightly... maybe 1/32 of a turn. The mics moved in and out, and a little tight. I unscrewed them all of the way. Then a slightly (really... slightly) harder turn freed up the lock wheels... great!
However... now neither of them will go back together!? They are both acting exactly the same way. They start to screw in... maybe 4 or 5 turns, and that's where they stop.
I thought perhaps they were getting stuck on the lock ring, so I have been manipulating them while attempting to screw them on farther... no go, after 20 minutes...
I used the little wrench to unscrew the little gold wedges type thingys on the end of the sleeves... that did not help.
The 4-5 is large enough that I can attempt to slide the spindle in through the other side... no go... again... likely the lock ring right? but both? and they cannot be manipulated to allow either of them through...
What is going on? Any ideas?
However... now neither of them will go back together!? They are both acting exactly the same way. They start to screw in... maybe 4 or 5 turns, and that's where they stop.
I thought perhaps they were getting stuck on the lock ring, so I have been manipulating them while attempting to screw them on farther... no go, after 20 minutes...
I used the little wrench to unscrew the little gold wedges type thingys on the end of the sleeves... that did not help.
The 4-5 is large enough that I can attempt to slide the spindle in through the other side... no go... again... likely the lock ring right? but both? and they cannot be manipulated to allow either of them through...
What is going on? Any ideas?