These are cheap and disposable, even the OEM. So I switched to the Airlie brand who honor the lifetime warranty. They fail quick enough but at least replace them!
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@@wattsobx You can’t always get them apart. Giant wrenches and a heat gun might do the trick. The real trick is just throw it out, get a new one, lube the hell out of the threads, and loosen and tighten it OFTEN! So it can’t seize up.
As I said, you usually cannot get these apart once they have been in service for a while. Unless you have lubed them liberally before placing them in service. This one in the video was brand new. Occasionally you might succeed by using some very large Channelocks or the like. It's cheap enough to just get a new one and prep it as I showed.
