How to change fingers in Rite Farm small plucker

Ok the video sucks pretty bad but it was a trial getting to the point the video was even thought of :)
Basically you just take out the center bolt in the bottom finger plate and flip the machine over to loosen it. It will fall right out and from there you can access the other 4 bolts.
Using your wife's best kitchen knife and surprisingly enough one with a serrated edge will quickly cut the bottom off the old fingers.
Using 2 small vice grips by clamping plate close to rim allows easier access to the fingers while cutting them free. Add what you can then drop one vice grip, rotate the plate, refasten the grip and go again until you have all the plate fingers in.
KEEP IN MIND THE 2 FINGERS THAT GO THE OTHER WAY! You should have them marked but if you did like me you probably used WD-40 on the plate to make pulling the fingers through easier and it has eaten your marker off. In that case another redneck trick is to refer to the video you certainly made of the plate and the 2 opposite pointing fingers and go from there.
NOTE: WCD-40 may not be best choice for lubrication. Maybe Vaseline or mineral oil would be better but you don't want it on the part of the rubber you will be using your channel locks to grab to pull through and greasing each rubber one at a time is slow.
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[@CORYJOHNM]

Now I gotta see a plucker pluck lol

[@mikeharmon4901]

It is a labor saver for sure