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Success....spent a couple of hours tonight on slide diaphragm replacements.
Spent about an hour on extricating the plastic retainer on the first one. Got my methods together...2nd one took just 10 minutes.
Used soft plastic jaws in my vice to carefully hold the slide body...2 hands needed to cut slotted segments into (via dremel) then tap out (basically breaking off) the glued retainer... piece by piece....carefully avoiding peripheral damage. Surgery for sure.
Once retainer is off its downhill from there....the remnants of the old rubber easily pulls off.
Carefully seat the new diaphragm (make sure its installed right side up!) ....adhesive of your choice to both seal and hold.
It can certainly be done... def a major nail biter...I would only suggest this for experienced folks with the right tools. Darn tricky.
In the pic the piece on the left is the remnants of rubber...segmented pieces on right the plastic retainer.
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