Originally Posted by
IAmSam
Thanx for the info & recommendations - am waiting now for the Loctite to cure...
Maybe I'll get this thing put back together sometime

No problem. When I removed mine the first time I found it took quite a lot of force to actually break the cups loose (Loctite, duh) but there was no corrosion/seize-ing of the threads whatsoever. Worked great.