<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I use them only for the occasional bushing that's "fallen and can't get out".  I do a lot of bushings and tweezers usually work fine, of course I might have an old pair of bent nose hemostats left over from the 60's......<div>Thanks for the tip on how to tweak 'em.  No tool is right until it's tweaked IMHO.</div><div><br></div><div><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div>Laura Olsen,RPT</div><div>847-277-0778</div><div><a href="http://www.ajoyfulsoundinc.com">www.ajoyfulsoundinc.com</a></div><div><br></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div> <br><div><div>On Oct 17, 2012, at 2:49 PM, Joseph Garrett wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Laura said: <br>"There are some skewers that are slightly smaller than the average,<br>american balance rail pin. These come in very handy for pushing old<br>bushings out that fall in while your trying to remove them!"<br><br>Laura,<br>Try a pair of Bent Nose Hemostats, Medium size or the Small size, if that's<br>all you can find. Neat thing about those is they can remain on you<br>fingers/hand, while doing other chores and can lock if needed or not. grind<br>one "notch" off and you'll have to really bear down to get them to lock.<br>All other methods, when taking key bushings out, fall short, for<br>efficiency, imo.<br>Best,<br>Joe<br><br><br>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<br>Captain of the Tool Police<br>Squares R I<br><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>