I'm the proud new owner of a Skif A-3000 and never one to be satisfied until I've taken things apart to lube and clean etc I'm stumped.

I've looked at this video (mine's the Nickel slide version rather than the lb) and followed it.

1. Put both assembly knobs to the down position.
2. Pulled back the slide till it engages on the slide release catch.

and that's as far as I got, even with a fairly firm upwards pressure the slide doesn't release from the main body.

So what am I doing wrong