Originally Posted by
Muddydogs
I don't think were talking about the same plastic. I see on some parts diagrams that there is a plastic collar around the piston rod at the bottom of the lube reservoir. This luber doesn't have the collar or its missing. After looking at the amount and type of plastic I removed from the lube reservoir I really think its the plastic tube that lube sticks come in, it appears to me that someone took the ends of a lube stick plastic container and but the tube and lube stick in the reservoir then proceed to mash the heck out of the plastic.
I used the piston to get the bottom plug reset in its place but when raising the piston I had to put side tension on the piston rod to get the piston to stop spinning. Looks like the brass piston sides are wore out, I might be able to shim the inside of the brass ring that goes around the piston nut to get enough friction but a new one is in order.
A heat gun sure works good to get the old lube running so it can be wiped up easy.