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Groco Head Alert
Maybe you already learned this the hard way. If not, trust me, you
will want to know. If the knob on the pumping handle is loose, DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! Mine came off and, as I tried to screw it back on, the handle disappeared inside the pump. The only way to get it out is to take the pump off the base which will be in mid pumping cycle (let your imagination run wild). The lengths of the handle is such that it must be EXACTLY centered as the piston rings go in. Since one side of the first ring will always go in first, the handle will never be centered in the hole. Already frustrated by trying to get out the screws that Groco located in such a way that no screwdriver can reach one of them, you will spend the next 45 minutes hunched over with your hands covered with that Teflon grease that Peggie likes so much (since this is a good opportunity to to that job), and everything that wasn't pumped, trying to get the magic combination of pushing and pinching that will get the piston back in. Then 20 minutes of screwing in the innermost screw in 3 degree increments with a right angle screwdriver taking the bit out for each change in angle. Add in a hot day and a tight schedule any you have a wonderful start to the day. One word: LOCKTITE! -- Roger Long |
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