Please, consider not shipping with pre-assembled parts

[curmudgeon]

It seems that most responses in this thread favor pre-assembly.  The various arguments for pre-assembly are persuasive.

Is there a way to pre-assemble without Red-Loctiting the spindle shaft?  If not (for legal reasons), is there a way to not pre-assemble the spindle shaft and just leave the spindle shaft parts loose in a sealed bag?

[NKY Heli Guy]

Now the spindle shaft was tough to get off. I would agree with that... it seems that other people thought there was rubber cement added to the spindle. Whatever was used, I had to buy the Grippy to properly remove the spindle, bolts etc. This part of the kit could use improvement for sure. The rest of the parts went together and came apart flawlessly.

[Greg Jackson]

I agree, I had a very difficult time getting the spindle shaft taken care of.

[Hendo67]

First of all- THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE!
I'm fine with either way of packaging but I agree that the manual could be clearer in regard to which pre-assemblies can be left alone and which need re-assembly.
As far as parts prep goes- buy a cheap jewelry cleaner (or use your sonic brass cleaner ;-) reloaders). Fill it with some denatured, drop in screws and parts and let'er buck for 10 min. Blow out the thread holes with canned air and you're g2g.