Pulling a submersible - not sure if this is right

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OK I'm a little green at this so please forgive any ignorance on my part. I've gone through all the checks for low pressure issues and now believe that I need to pull the submersible for some checks. I'm using a 1/2 ton electric hoist to pull up but it's not moving. How much lifting power is needed? am I doing something wrong? do all submersibles have the same pitless adapter which requires a straight pull up or is possible the pipe needs to be turned/unscrewed?
 

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I know of at least three different styles of pitless and only one pulls up without any special release mechanism. One style needs to be unscrewed and the other style has a crow's foot with release cable.
 

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Can you get a down-hole camera in there and get a pic? Any chance is looks like the following with part A at the top of the casing?

http://www.merrillmfg.com/product/02-PitlessUnits/MCK-Kit/parts.htm
MCK-Kit-02.gif
 

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OK, I see now. Thanks. Now hopefully I didn't already damage it by lifting the whole assembly up about one inch.
 

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Thanks for the help. local hardware or big box stores didn't have the tool and it didn't want to wait for one to be shipped so I ended up using a 1/2 inch pipe and notched out the center like above and worked fine. Thankfully I didn't do any damage all is working good now.
 
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