Andrash said..
...well, before starting to cut out pieces of a bar, check out those alon-like keys, they may have a funny star shape. I have a set to open those. I can't thing seriously that a designer would not allow the "peaceful" replacement/adjustment of the sliding rope.
If you read the thread on KF you will see that Dan works for ION/North & this is the fix.
They (ION) are only human & overlooked this issue, I'm planning to get a CS Wave harness when the slider is sorted in the 2019 model .
Looks to me like a great bit of kit.
