OK, Who's Bright Idea was This

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RonG
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OK, Who's Bright Idea was This

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In order to take out two screws, you first have to remove the drive gear attached to the axle. Looks like a design afterthought.

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Yeah, you have to knock out that pin and lift the AR gear off the spindle....design shot from the hip!
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Like any mechanic will tell you designers and engineers only put them together, they don't much worry about fixing the stuff, that's someone else's problem. I wonder if there is enough meat left on the slots to work, bet they were ground down after insertion. Crappy designs are patentable too.
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I saw that in one of my C.R.Klien reels John Taylor
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