Old 08-16-13, 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted by brons2
I got frustrated and went to dinner. The shifter part is off. It's the mounting part that I can't get off. The first response indicated that it's reverse threaded. Is that true? I don't want to torque on it the wrong way.
No. it's a RH thread, but look at the picture in my prior post. You turn it to the right so it goes deeper into the bar, which means the taper is moving away from the expanding segments.

BTW- both units have the same RH thread and work the same way.
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