Accu-just hitch pin removal

[Carl Meyer]

He just needs a bigger hammer.

Carl Meyer Ptg assoc
Santa Clara, Ca.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@cox.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 8:44 AM
Subject: Re: Accu-just hitch pin removal


>
> >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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