Dillon 650 Die Problem

[BrassMonkey]

OK,
So I just got a Dillon XL 650. All is well except for one thing. The person who put it together originally installed the Powder Die incorrectly. He installed it fluch with the top of the toolhead instead of the bottom of the toolhead. I can't seem to get it to back out of the toolhead. It is almost as if it is torqued down too tightly. I tried a pair of channel locks but I am afraid if I exert much more pressure I will mess up the die. There are already a few marks on the die from the channel locks.

Anyone know what to do? Thanks!

[ScubaSigGuy]

It sounds like it's cross-threaded somehow. Is it the die or the locking nut that won't budge?

[BrassMonkey]

The die was installed so the top of the die was flush with the top of the toolhead. The locknut was installed underneath the toolhead. I have removed the locknut but cannot get the die itself to loosen to cause the bottom of the die to become flush with the underside of the toolhead. Make sense?

[KaiserB]

The die was installed so the top of the die was flush with the top of the toolhead. The locknut was installed underneath the toolhead. I have removed the locknut but cannot get the die itself to loosen to cause the bottom of the die to become flush with the underside of the toolhead. Make sense?

Put two locknuts on it and jamb them together. Then use a 1" wrench on the jambed nuts to unscrew the powder die.

[BrassMonkey]

While looking down at the tooolhead, do I turn clockwise or counter clockwise to remove?

Where do I put the locknuts? On the bottom? If so, the die will not be able to move upwards. Are you saying to get two locknuts together say in the middle of the threaded part?

[KaiserB]

While looking down at the tooolhead, do I turn clockwise or counter clockwise to remove?

Where do I put the locknuts? On the bottom? If so, the die will not be able to move upwards. Are you saying to get two locknuts together say in the middle of the threaded part?

Put the two locknuts on the die (away from the tool head) and tighten the locknuts against each other, not the die. Once the locknuts are jambed together you can use a wrench on on one of them to move the die. this should work better than vicegrips and give you some pretty good torque to remove the stuck die.

[BrassMonkey]

You sir are a genious...