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Anyone have any idea how to release a stuck euro pin

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Created by thedoor > 9 months ago, 22 Nov 2022
thedoor
2469 posts
22 Nov 2022 5:53AM
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Blue release button won't release. Any tips?

Imax1
QLD, 4925 posts
22 Nov 2022 7:57AM
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Is it a sand jam or is it corroded? Air compressor for sand, WD40 for corrosion.

thedoor
2469 posts
22 Nov 2022 6:51AM
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Imax1 said..
Is it a sand jam or is it corroded? Air compressor for sand, WD40 for corrosion.


I rinse and remove each session so think it must be a sand or rock jam. where do you shoot the air?

Jetlag
NSW, 194 posts
22 Nov 2022 11:24AM
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There's a special tool called the Brexit, it get's you out of the Euro but only after a lot of faffing about!!

Imax1
QLD, 4925 posts
22 Nov 2022 10:43AM
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thedoor said..


Imax1 said..
Is it a sand jam or is it corroded? Air compressor for sand, WD40 for corrosion.




I rinse and remove each session so think it must be a sand or rock jam. where do you shoot the air?



Around the button edges while jiggling the button. Had a NP ext with the tiny button and that always jammed up. Eventually cracked it and bought a Chinook. They work even when full of sand.
Is there any movement in the button ?

Sandman1221
2776 posts
22 Nov 2022 9:50AM
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Soak with WD-40 using the straw to get inside crack around button and outside where euro pin goes in, let drain upside down overnight to displace water, pull apart next morning.

thedoor
2469 posts
22 Nov 2022 2:17PM
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Imax1 said..

thedoor said..



Imax1 said..
Is it a sand jam or is it corroded? Air compressor for sand, WD40 for corrosion.





I rinse and remove each session so think it must be a sand or rock jam. where do you shoot the air?




Around the button edges while jiggling the button. Had a NP ext with the tiny button and that always jammed up. Eventually cracked it and bought a Chinook. They work even when full of sand.
Is there any movement in the button ?


Yes button moves a bit

ka43
NSW, 3091 posts
22 Nov 2022 6:32PM
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Detlev for PM!!

thedoor
2469 posts
23 Nov 2022 3:52AM
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Ended up being able to slide aluminium section off (hope i didn't break it lol) and there was a small pebble blocking the button.








Sandman1221
2776 posts
25 Nov 2022 12:46AM
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Must have gotten in through a height adjustment pin hole, or through euro pin hole in bottom? Maybe get some ~1\2" thick dense closed cell foam and make a round plug for inside plastic bottom part of mast base, push down until it bottoms out on the purple euro pin catch, that would prevent it from happening again.

Or cut a round disk from a plastic milk/water/vinegar 1 Gal container slightly larger than the opening, and push it down to the purple retainer.

The easiest would be to use some Gorilla tape to cover the opening on the topside of purple clip.

Imax1
QLD, 4925 posts
25 Nov 2022 6:42AM
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^^^^^
I would not do that.
Any sand that gets in , and it will , won't be able to get flushed out .

Sandman1221
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25 Nov 2022 6:26AM
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Imax1 said..
^^^^^
I would not do that.
Any sand that gets in , and it will , won't be able to get flushed out .


If you only use Gorilla tape to cover the small gap where the pebble got stuck you should not have a problem flushing out sand from the bottom, same true for using foam or plastic to cover the whole opening on the topside, just flush out from bottom-side with garden hose.

We know without anything covering the gap that a pebble can get stuck in it, seems like sand would have a much more difficult time blocking the movement of the button.

Imax1
QLD, 4925 posts
25 Nov 2022 12:39PM
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^^^
I thought I was blocked

Sandman1221
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25 Nov 2022 12:47PM
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Imax1 said..
^^^
I thought I was blocked



Ha ha!, you were hidden, now you are not!

And yes, you can take that as a compliment, please enjoy it responsibly.

Imax1
QLD, 4925 posts
25 Nov 2022 3:27PM
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I think I'd rather be hidden .

Sparky
WA, 1122 posts
25 Nov 2022 4:04PM
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Sandman1221 said..

Imax1 said..
^^^
I thought I was blocked




Ha ha!, you were hidden, now you are not!

And yes, you can take that as a compliment, please enjoy it responsibly.


Great comment Sandman, sounds like our drinking adverts, "please enjoy responsibly" haha

Matt UK
281 posts
25 Nov 2022 4:43PM
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Never got the " Please drink responsibly " Adverts.
What if you wanted to get really smashed and saw that advert, would you change your mind and think that you'd better not.

Imax1
QLD, 4925 posts
25 Nov 2022 8:47PM
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Wind Smurf said..
Never got the " Please drink responsibly " Adverts.
What if you wanted to get really smashed and saw that advert, would you change your mind and think that you'd better not.


Not me



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