Repairing a short collar?

[jedigoalie]

Hey all,
After five years of play, I have my first problem with Super Chexx. One of my centers has a broken short collar. I will be ordering one from ICE, but was wondering how difficult a repair this is going to be. How do I remove the broken collar from the gearbox? Am I going to have to take the black center channel off? That seems like an ordeal.

To be clear, this is the short collar that is next to the gearbox. One of the two semi-circle connecter parts (where the screws are) broke right off.

Thanks for any help.
-Ian

[littlepeople]

First loosen both collars, the one that holds the gear on and the adjustment collar. Mark all locations of the collars on the rod with a sharpy. Slide off old collar, reassemble and tighten all parts with the square head bit ( you should have gotten one with your game ) You will "not" have to take off the black bracket for this repair.