Originally Posted by
JohnDThompson
Grab the sleeve witth some needle-nose pliers (or needle nose vise-grip, if you need to) and yank it out. You may find that twisting the pliers will cause the sleeve to fold up a bit and make it easier to pull.
^^^ I'm digging the brute force aspect of this suggestion; it's the element of danger I find intriguing.. (paranoid me, I'll be stopping every few yanks, to re-thread the UN-55 cup into the shell to confirm that the interior threads are still viable). Seems like the hammer/punch combo should have at least annoyed it a little bit, yet it stayed very put.
More and more it seems like destruction will prove more effective than removal.
Thanks! and, Stay tuned...
Tatt