Alyson
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Haha it happens! So after you rehook your top knee, you should be in genie (you can bring your free hand back to the pole between your knees if you need extra support). From there you can easily go into a cupid or princess if you reposition that bottom leg. Or for something more daring you could drop into a Gemini…again you’d have to swing the bottom leg around to the other side of the pole and make sure you turn your stomach up towards the ceiling. As you move the bottom leg, aim to reposition the pole onto the side of your stomach. I’d recommend bringing a hand onto the pole the first few times if you’re going to go into Gemini. It would be similar to the Holly Drop but starting in a genie instead 🙂 Hope that helps! If you try, let me know how it goes!
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Love that move! You can always just rehook that top knee so you’re back in genie… then there’s lots of stuff you can do from there to make it a combo.
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Yay! Haha this situation definitely turned around quickly. Now I can be a happy Alyson again 🙂 Thank you X-Pole!
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I wish they would make some sort of back up plan though. Like, if we hadn’t been able to force it, then what do you do? Is it stuck up there forever? I have a friend who couldn’t gets hers down and had to sell her house with the pole still attached. I have no suggestions on how to accomplish this whatsoever, but it’s not my job to figure it out 😉
Glad you’re liking yours so far! Hopefully I’ll share that sentiment very soon! And yes, be careful and don’t make the same mistakes I did.
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I think we might have been stupid and tightened the adjuster screws on top of the threads. The new NX model has a line you have to be able to see through a little keyhole cut on the outer part of the main pole. By the time we figured that out, we had already twisted it down as far as we could so it’s hard to say for sure. If so, I must say the threads damaged very easily. I tightened the screws myself and I didn’t force them (probably couldn’t if I tried), plus I had never actually gotten on the pole because of an unrelated ceiling stability issue. Putting the hex screws in contact with the threads was pretty much enough to damage it. So be very careful!
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Problem was solved last night with the help of X-Pole and Home Depot! I figured I’d post the solution here since I panicked the other night and would have loved to find the solution online.
Apparently the threads in the adjuster (Main Pole A) were stripped. It was absolutely impossible to turn, even with two people. Luckily we had apparently gotten it far enough on Monday night to angle it enough to put it down on the floor… however, this didn’t solve the stuck adjuster issue.
X-Pole Tech Support told me to remove the adjuster screws completely and spray some WD40 inside, then I could twist up and down to rethread the adjuster.
Unfortunately this didn’t work so well at first. So I went to the plumbing section at Home Depot (a pole is essentially a pipe, right?), and explained my situation to the guy working in that department (he didn’t skip a beat and was impressively professional about it!). He suggested getting a better grip on the pole and applying heat. He said a hair dryer should be enough, although in an actual plumbing situation he would have used a torch (uhhh…HELLS NO. I would buy a new pole before I whip out the blow torch). He set me up with a thick strap wrench and a pair of PVC grip gloves and sent me on my way.
I still couldn’t do this myself, I had to wait for my boyfriend to come home from work. We started by spraying lots of WD40 into the holes where the adjuster screws used to be, then we turned the whole thing upside down for a few minutes to make sure all the threads were coated. Then we applied heat using a hair dryer, just enough to get it warm (but not hot) to the touch all the way up and down the main pole. Next, I ratcheted the strap wrench nice and tight around the bottom of the pole, underneath the adjuster (the section where you switch between static and spin mode). My boyfriend put on the grip gloves and stated turning. It was still extremely difficult to turn, but it got easier. We twisted the adjuster all the way up (fully extended), put in more WD40, then twisted it all the way down again. We repeated this a few times until it twisted with very little effort. Now I can adjust it myself, no special equipment or second person needed.
Anyway, I hope this helps someone some day. Luckily my threads weren’t too badly damaged, but it still seemed impossible at the time. I really didn’t believe this solution would work. Thanks, plumbing guy at Home Depot, haha! I think I’ll wait until Saturday to set that thing up again…we need some time apart so we can have a fresh start 😉