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Oct 23, 2008 | 11:21 AM

#11

chrome-dome-dave

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From: Southern, MD

Good old elbow grease

Oct 23, 2008 | 02:08 PM

#12

stixman_576

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From: Omaha, NE

Quote:

Originally Posted by oleschool54

DON'T use a die grinder..... LOL.....

hammer & chissle is wrong, a crow bar is right out!!!

Oct 23, 2008 | 05:31 PM

#13

willyp

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From: NC

just eat some spinach like popeye the sailor and use your muscles. then use goo gone to remove the glue goo.

Oct 23, 2008 | 06:43 PM

#14

Lowbro

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From: Montreal,Quebec

I 2nd that ......WD-40

Oct 23, 2008 | 07:20 PM

#15

llbandit

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From: Little Elm, TX

What really happened was I tried that and the fish line and the dental floss would only break when I tried to "saw" through it.

Use a used high 'E' guitar string (no breakage) I recommend using a used string only because it means someone is playing and you will not waste a perfectly good new string

Jan 5, 2009 | 12:19 PM

#16

rocker00

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From: Southern Minnesota-college in Duluth

all you people who are using fishing line dont you ever fish for anything bigger than panfish? Get some 12 lb pike fireline and i bet you cant break that pulling it with two guys!

Jan 5, 2009 | 12:28 PM

#17

rockerheadsteve

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Joined: Dec 2007

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From: East Tenn.

Fish line and wd40 worked for me. No heat and very little adhesive had to be cleaned off the forks.

Jan 5, 2009 | 12:29 PM

#18

AK47

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From: Calgary AB

I used a heat gun and fishing line, then goo gone, worked like a charm. The only suggestion I would give you is take your time and dont concentrate the heat in one sopt for too long if you want to save the reflectors. I ended up melting mine pretty good and then snapping them in half while pulling on them, it was no big deal for me as i really have no use for those ugly things anymore.

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Jan 5, 2009 | 01:08 PM

#19

Dustmaker

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From: Central IL.

Quote:

Originally Posted by rocker00

all you people who are using fishing line dont you ever fish for anything bigger than panfish? Get some 12 lb pike fireline and i bet you cant break that pulling it with two guys!

I was just thinking the same...have a couple spools of 65# Power Pro

Jan 5, 2009 | 02:14 PM

#20

hellfish

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From: Carollton, Texas

I didnt use a heat gun on mine, I used a guitar string to strip them off and then scrubbed the sticky areas with gasoline and a cotton cloth. Took a bit but came off pretty easy.