Stop in for a cup of coffee

Tried... no Bueno.... there's no tension on it. Whole LCA is free of the K and rotates smoothly. Bar slides free of the rear (que Karl) locking ring and boot are off.

Puzzling

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I had one like that on my old 70 dart. Finally, just said the hell with it and cut it, replaced the LCA and new T Bar.