Originally Posted by
CroMo Mike
Grind off the face of the socket. You'll be surprised how quickly a benchtop belt or disc sander will do it.
Originally Posted by
madpogue
This is a legitimate use case for filing the taper off the face of the right-sized socket.
Success!
(Special tech hint: once grinding the socket, allow to cool before handling
) So, now I have one odd 9mm socket, perhaps I should put a little SunTour sticker on it.
With replacement pulleys arriving as soon as today, I really wanted to break this loose. Actually, once the socket could no longer "cam out", it was not a stupefying amount of torque needed.
I
still think it could have been designed differently; either a slight change in where the pulley is attached to the cage, or some change in the rotation-stop on the take-up spring's housing.