> If you've tried soaking the thing with a drop or two of Liquid Wrench > and still can't get it to budge I don't know what else to suggest. Pull > the plate and drive up from the back. > >Sorry I can't be of more help. > >Del Incidentally, Tom. These plates will come out with pinblock and strings attached if necessary. Let the tension down, pull the perimeter bolts (after measuring plate height), disconnect the strings from the bridges, and hoist it out. Oh yea, pull the dampers first. Ron N
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