Let me first say thank you for your reply. I figured out what the issue was. My problem was after I loosened the nuts. Nothing was coming apart. The cables were still connected even when I unscrewed everything. Turns out you just need to go into it with the attitude of "no matter how hard I pull on medal pieces, it wont break". Lol, seriously though, it just took some heavy force and alot of wiggling. Came right off. Thanks for replying though,