JOHN D wrote:

Is it a ferrite slug, with an internal hex/square/triangle hole for the

diddle

stick to fit into?

-Chuck


It is a hex hole ferrite slug. The slug is not damaged yet but it has
rounded off my plastic tunung tool. I think the sleeve is plastic.Some fine
dust may have set up around the threads. The chassis was pretty dirty.
John

Hi John,

9 times out of 10, when a slug freezes that tightly, it is split in half
along one of the points of the hex. The tool spreads the slug when you
apply torque. The more torque, the more it spreads, and the more it
spreads, the more it locks.

The crack is never visible to the naked eye, and is usually too far into
the hole to see with magnification.

One way that I have successfully removed cracked slugs is using a round
cocktail toothpick and a drop of yellow carpenter's glue. Put a drop of
glue on the end of the toothpick, and insert it into the core and let it
dry overnight. The next morning it should screw right out. Be careful
not to use too much glue. It wouldn't do to have the core glued into the
coil form.

Once you get the core out, pick the yellow glue off, and glue the halves
of the core back together with water thin crazy glue.

-Chuck