Don't know if this will do you any good but drilling the channel in a few spots and hitting it with a small rod and lower amperage should do the trick. That's assuming you've got access to a stick welder. If that isn't the case I'd be tempted to use a pop rivet and a heat gun to warm the rubber so you could work it around the head. Mine didn't go into the track and feed around....had to work it in with a blade, inch by brutal inch!!!

I've got an old-time stick welder....sprung for a mig w/gas.....great for occasional light work but I get a whole lot more use out of my stick or oxyacetylene. Kinda hard to justify having that kind of coin tied up in a machine unless you're using it on a regular basis.

Dave


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