Hello Nick,
The general rule of thumb is RIGHTY TIGHTY/LEFTY LOOSEY. Rotating CLOCKWISE will tighten, and rotating COUNTER CLOCKWISE will loosen. BUT WAIT!!! In this case you must go against normal convention. You must rotate the barrel of the IC CLOCKWISE TO LOOSEN (just the opposite of what you would expect to do), this will move the outer shell foward and off the tapered portion of the inner shell and should release the IC. I'm going to venture a guess that you have been rotating the barrel COUNTERCLOCK WISE in what would be normally be a loosening action. You were then TIGHTENING them. Hope that helps
Dave
P.S. If you ever tried to take the tires off the left side of a early 60's Dodge car, you probably broke a few studs before realizing that they were left hand threads. I never read the owners manual either.
The general rule of thumb is RIGHTY TIGHTY/LEFTY LOOSEY. Rotating CLOCKWISE will tighten, and rotating COUNTER CLOCKWISE will loosen. BUT WAIT!!! In this case you must go against normal convention. You must rotate the barrel of the IC CLOCKWISE TO LOOSEN (just the opposite of what you would expect to do), this will move the outer shell foward and off the tapered portion of the inner shell and should release the IC. I'm going to venture a guess that you have been rotating the barrel COUNTERCLOCK WISE in what would be normally be a loosening action. You were then TIGHTENING them. Hope that helps
Dave
P.S. If you ever tried to take the tires off the left side of a early 60's Dodge car, you probably broke a few studs before realizing that they were left hand threads. I never read the owners manual either.