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Xpert Question
Hey there–first of all, long time no see. Secondly, I haven't fiddled with my pole in a while because it's been too damn cold here to do anything, but today I just couldn't take it anymore and decided to play around on it for a bit. I had to tighten it of course because it had loosened up a bit over time, but everything went pretty smoothly even though I hadn't messed with it in a while and was going off memory on how to do it.
However, now the bottom screws (the set just above the ones you adjust to take the pole from spinny to stationary) are poking out, which I don't think they were doing before. I can't get them to screw all the way in–if I tighten them anymore, I'm afraid they will overtighten and potentially get stripped, but I've caught myself on them a couple of times now sliding down out of moves. The pole is spinning just fine and not making strange noises or anything, but are those screws really supposed to be sticking out like that? I don't think so. Did I forget to line something up?
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Did you remember to line the holes that those little hex screws go into up with the little “X” marks on the base?
Inside the base exactly where those two “X” marks are, there are little flat spaces for those hex screws to rest against which prevents the cylinder from turning-that’s the spin mechanism-and allows the hex screws to go in all the way.
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Yup–lined them up, to no avail. Although, actually I think I mis-typed–they are the screws right above the adjuster rod.
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You know what–never mind. Remembered what I needed to line it up with. D'oh!
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Yeah, they need to line up with the channels in the threaded piece. (just adding in case someone else reads this in teh future)
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Yep, suddenly those little screws popped right in. I'd completely forgotten that. It was a good refresher for my brain at least, since I hadn't messed with the pole in a while.
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