Accu-just hitch pin removal

Ron Nossaman RNossaman@cox.net
Thu, 03 Jul 2003 10:44:51 -0500


>Can you run a hardened screw into the remaining
>portion, like a  drywall screw, and pull it out?
>( Vise grips on block to act as fulcrum, perhaps with
>a drop of penetrating oil on the periphery? )
>      Thump

I doubt it. I don't think you could get enough thread into the roll pin, 
and any more pressure from the inside just makes the pin grip the sides of 
the hole harder. I tried to look up Rockwell hardness figures for these 
pins and for cobalt drill bits. The bits are (according to the single 
source I found) indeed harder than the roll pins so, as Keith suggested, it 
may actually be possible to drill them out. It would certainly impress me 
if it worked.

Ron N


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