Richard Krasowski Jr. is indicating that the cylinder is stuck
on the shaft and he cannot move it [160508 MMDigest].  The chances
are good that the cement inside the cylinder has migrated and is
sticking to the shaft, not allowing it to move.  This could happen
if the movement was in the sunlight or high heat for a while and
not being played.

When we encounter such a situation we first hold the cylinder in a
cloth to not bend pins and hit the end of the shaft with a rubber or
plastic hammer.  If this does not work then we mount the cylinder on
our lathe head stock at one end and the other end on a live center on
the tail stock.  We then spin the cylinder and heat it with a heat gun
until the cement melts on the inside of the cylinder.  We can generally
smell the odor of the cement and we stop the heating at this time.

We then let the cylinder cool down as the cylinder continues to spin
until the cement is solid and the cylinder is still warm.  We attempt
to hit the end of the cylinder with the rubber hammer or the plastic
hammer to free the shaft.

At this point the locating pin may be frozen into the cement and we
take a torch on a low flame to heat the pin freeing it from the cement.
This solves the problem for us.

Tony Ciuffini - The Musical Box Doctor
San Pedro, California
http://www.musicalspecialties.com/ 
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