aware, "Bob" wrote the missive you're referring to in October, 2003.
I think he may have figured it out by now ;-)
I suggest you inspect the placement of the white nylon spacer. There were some assembly errors. As per the post above, I removed and reinstalled the spacer (under 1 minute max) and the clamp no longer jams...

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