Pendant Light Replacement

[carl n wanda]

I have a 2022 Montana 3781RL and during one of our trips one of the pendant lights broke at the base. I ordered a new pendant and was informed that the part comes without the metal lamp shade so I said OK and ordered the part. The part came in and I removed the broken pendant and tried my hardest to remove the shade from the lamp holder portion without success. I tried twisting it off like a screw thread, I tried tapping it off with a small screwdriver and it would not budge. I could turn it but wasn't able to get it off the lamp holder. I finally ended up breaking the shade and wasn't able to get the shade collar off the lamp holder portion. I'm now going to have to order a new shade. Has anyone run into this before and what did you do? I could have heated the lamp shade ring/collar to expand it but then would have burned the paint.