706z line roller won't come off rotor

[work2fish]

I'm working on an old 706z. When I opened the case it was full of old grease and a powdery dust. I'm not sure where the powder came from. Are there types of grease that dry up into powder?


That all cleaned up fine. However, I wanted to disassemble the line roller to clean and lubricate its parts, but after taking off the lock nut the rest of the assembly wouldn't come out of the rotor arm.




Does anyone have any tricks for getting the line roller assembly off the rotor arm without damaging anything?

Thanks,
Mark

[alantani]

ok, first of all, yuck!!!!  any chance that this reel is actually filled with fine powdery sand?  next, getting the screw out.  ok, this is likely not going to work, but here goes anyway.  install the nut back on the threads.  leave a gap between the nut and the painted surface.  now, heat the nut with the low flame of a propane torch.  don't let the flame hit the painted surface of the rotor because it will burn the paint.  heat will travel from the nut to the threads of the screw. 

get the nut as hot as possible without burning the paint.  yeah, good luck with this one.  don't burn the paint!!!! 

now, with the screw threads as hot as possible, add some oil.  i would use corrosion x or CRC freeze off.  now it's gonna smoke. then it's gonna cool.  and with any luck, as the threads cool, some of the oil will get sucked down into the threads.  and now, maybe, just maybe, the threads will loosen and start to budge.  or maybe not.  the main point.  don't burn the paint. 

if it doesn't work the first time, maybe try again.  or maybe not......   

[oldmanjoe]

  I am going out on a limb here , but that sure looks likes some ones surf reel .. 
Dried saltwater salt powder and a bailes  kit added .  I would keep hitting it with penetrant oil and a little heat .