It's a language problem betwen us here in Englandicon and those wild Colonials in the Americas! We in the UK military call the band nearest the foresight the BAND, upper. The middle one we call the BAND, lower!

You just need to undo the lower band. And if it's smothered in grease under the woodwork then for heavens sake LEAVE IT THERE. It's there for a very good reason!