Tesoro poles

[itaska71]

Hi
Anybody know why the poles on the newer micro max detectors are so hard to move ?
I have the nut opened all the way and I leave it that way, but it's a B#$!% to move the bottom pole.

Thanks

 

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[777]

I have the same problem on my Outlaw!

 

[smokeythecat]

I spray some WD-40 on it and just wait a bit. Dirt gets in there over time and hardens making it harder to move the poles. They do come apart. I've also used water.

 

[777]

My guess is that the cam lock is causing the problem...When I take the lower pole out and make sure that the cam lock is turned counter clockwise-fully loosened...That part that grips on the lower pole is not flush with the upper pole meaning it doesn't seem to be loosening up all of the way. I tried washing out the poles with soap and water with no luck. My older Silver Sabre uMAX does not have this problem...The lower pole slides in and out like butter.

 

[itaska71]

Thanks everyone. I agree. The locking not will not open up flush, and inhibits the lower pole. would like to get a dremel tool, or small file in there to file it flush. Project for another day.

 

[itaska71]

Dremel tool worked slick as a whistle. Took about two minuets. pole slides and tightens great