Do I think you mind? Maybe sometimes, LOL. I feel like sometimes my questions are so stupid that people roll their eyes and move on. Who knows!
I'm going to try your shoelace suggestion. I'll have to get some metal polish tomorrow. It does stick between the disks....I took a thicker, heavy duty thread and tried to slide it between the disks and it will catch, let loose, catch, etc. It's very strange, but I didn't know how to clean in there. You can see one of the disks is pretty rusty, so I'm sure you've nailed the issue again.
I'll let you know how it goes....
Thank you once again!!!