yes it comes off - should be part of the needle, as you'll see when ya get a new one - grab the shaft w/ a pair of long nose pliers and pull the old one off .... carefully, so ya don't bend the shaft

Bill


Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics