</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Originally posted by phong:
<strong>If you haven't returned your core, you might be able to transfer it over from the damaged axle. I really don't know how it's attached.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">I don't know either. (Jeff might be able to check his owner's manual.) I don't see any obvious way to take it off.

The ring may be a dust cover, as you say, (which I don't doubt), but it it also prevents the axle from being pushed further into the ADD housing, (which, in its abscence, I am able to do). On the dirver's side, if I push or pull the tripod, it really doesn't move very much. I believe the movement on the passenger's side is much greater because that ring isn't there.