IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TWO GUYS TO GET IT APART--AT LEAST YOU SHOULD TRY THAT BEFORE THE 4X4 METHOD.

I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM ON A NEW LOOMIS A FEW YEARS, AND AN OLD TIMER HELPED ME GET IT APART--AND TOLD ME THAT IN FUTURE I SHOULD RUN MY FINGER ON THE CREST OF MY NOSE AND THEN APPLY THE OIL TO THE MALE END OF MY ROD BEFORE PUTTING IT TOGETHER--EVER SINCE I TOOK HIS ADVICE MY ROD HASN'T STUCK TOGETHER ONCE.