---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment Tom, Ron gives really good advice here. The only things that I would=20 add are that #1 you'll never drill through that pin and #2 od you have=20 enough left to squeeze and pull out? Greg Newell At 07:56 AM 7/2/2003, you wrote: >>I came across my first broken Accu-just hitch pin (Baldwin SD 10O today.= =20 >>I had the dickens of a time trying to remove the broken section imbedded= =20 >>in the plate. >>I was amazed at how harden of steel the material is made of. It made a=20 >>mockery out of my collection of drill bits. I was able to figure in a=20 >>temporary hitch pin configuration but I would be appreciate some=20 >>suggestions of removing the old material. My goal is to install a new=20 >>Accu-just hitch from Baldwin. >>So far drill bits and some encouragement from a small punch haven't budge= =20 >>the broken pin. >>Tom Servinsky > >Wow Tom, congratulations and condolences on the first broken Accu-just=20 >hitch I've ever heard of. Three possibilities for salvage come to mind. > >The first is driving the pin on through until it drops out the bottom of=20 >the plate. This would require that the plate be drilled all the way=20 >through (which I presume they would have to be, but can't guarantee they=20 >are. But that's what inspection mirrors are for), and that the distance=20 >from the bottom of the plate to the soundboard is greater than the=20 >remaining length of the pin. If the pin is too long to drive through=20 >without hitting the soundboard, there's plan two. > >The second is running a long small diameter drill bit, say a #40, down the= =20 >middle of the hitch and through the soundboard. If the "gods of things in= =20 >the way" smile on you (rarely), the bit will miss both ribs and posts,=20 >leaving a hole in the panel that you can get to for the next step. If so,= =20 >drill out the small hole in the soundboard from underneath to a size you=20 >can either get a punch into to drive the pin up from the bottom, or down=20 >from the top and through the soundboard hole. If the #40 bit passes=20 >through a rib, you won't want to be making the hole big enough to pass a=20 >hitch pin through, so there's plan three. > >Third is either pulling the plate and driving the pin out, or drilling=20 >another hole in the plate and putting a new pin in a different place. > >Here's hoping the gods are in a good mood. > >Ron N > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > Greg Newell Greg's piano Fort=E9 mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net=20 ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment--
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