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Mudwiggle  
Posted : Saturday, 4 June 2016 9:45:13 AM(UTC)
Mudwiggle

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Check your lower stem (the carbon/glass/plastic one that connects to the coil) for freeloaders!
Just found around 170g of sand and silt accumulated from many hunts inside mine, despite copious rinsing after every trip.

5 minutes of wiggling with my wifes best knitting needles removed this lot!

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When taken off machine, it weighed 298grams, cleaned out...128.

Balance is so much better now LOL


MW
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jeff b  
Posted : Sunday, 5 June 2016 9:49:54 PM(UTC)
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thats a lot of crud in the tube Bro what a Difference eh
SOMETIMES I WAKE UP GRUMPY. OTHER TIMES I LET HER SLEEP
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