I tried assembling two Barons tonight...Both messed up in exactly the same way...so I'm doing something wrong, but can't figure out what..
The coupler on the long blanks attach to the trim ring, and are pressed into the long blank. The first one goes in fine, but when I try to do the second one, the trim ring stays where it is, and the coupler gets pushed in too far...
I cleaned the inside of the tubes out really well, and had the other end that had already been press-fit put in a hole so that the arbor press wouldn't damage that end...but still the same problem.
I thought it might ahve been a bit of CA glue residue on teh first, so I made triple sure on the second one, and the same thing happened!
First - does anyone have any guesses as to the cause of this problem. Second - What's a quick, easy way to get that trim ring out...is there anywhere that sells the chrome trim rings and couplers by themselves? (I'll likely mangle them as I try to remove them)
Andrew
The coupler on the long blanks attach to the trim ring, and are pressed into the long blank. The first one goes in fine, but when I try to do the second one, the trim ring stays where it is, and the coupler gets pushed in too far...
I cleaned the inside of the tubes out really well, and had the other end that had already been press-fit put in a hole so that the arbor press wouldn't damage that end...but still the same problem.
I thought it might ahve been a bit of CA glue residue on teh first, so I made triple sure on the second one, and the same thing happened!
First - does anyone have any guesses as to the cause of this problem. Second - What's a quick, easy way to get that trim ring out...is there anywhere that sells the chrome trim rings and couplers by themselves? (I'll likely mangle them as I try to remove them)
Andrew