Still stuck main slide

I made a mold out to try to hammer out the main slide. Ended up not working.

so I unsoldered one side of the crook to try and get one side loose. 

it was still stuck. So I unsoldered the crook completely and soldered a junk piece in. This is the last thing we wanted to do, but everything else failed or started to damage the parts. Hopefully this works. Letting some pb blaster settle over the weekend.