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I'll just put this in one post so as not to get annoying.
Now that the telescopic crane arm is tighter to my liking, I decided to take a crack at loosening that fucking piston. I couldn't even begin to figure out how to get Grapple's torso apart (having everything unscrews but not even coming loose is a bad start) but thankfully you can just pop the crane assembly off of its base with a little wiggling and minimal plastic bending once you remove a few screws.
The actual issue with taking apart the piston is a plastic cap at the end of it that firmly keeps both halves of the piston together. I can't tell if it was glued outright or just a very tight press fit and the surrounding paint stuck it in place, but it was a right cunt to slide off (I didn't try to put it back on yet, not looking forward). Thankfully I managed to work a screwdriver into the seam and rock it around abit until the cap came off.
Now that it's apart I can look my fucking enemy in the eye... It's just a teeny little plastic ratchet that doesn't take shit from anyone. I was originally going to just shave a bit off of it to make it weaker, but I think I'm just going to leave the part out when I reassemble this. I partially reassembled the piston without it and it seems plenty tight without the ratchet, and I like the smoother motion instead of the harsh clicks anyway.
God I love it when you can actually fix a problem, MPs are always(almost) so nice and easy to take apart and fix/modify when the need arises. This was actually pretty easy to do but it might depend on how easy that end cap is to take off. I might have just gotten lucky.
