Date:         Fri, 5 Jun 2020 13:48:47 -0700
Reply-To:     Mark Belanger <mbelanger@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Mark Belanger <mbelanger@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Off topic: roll pin extraction
Comments: To: Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@gmail.com>
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I've been there and don't envy you. What you don't have, leverage, is
really what you need. Depending on how stuck it is, heat, cold and machine
oil are useful, but that's not an option while mounted either.

Your only hope trying to extract it at an "awkward angle with very little
leverage" is to get a pin extraction tool like this:

 <https://www.amazon.com/E-Z-Red-PPT13-ROLL-EZR-PPT13/dp/B00DOPY4RS/>

But the body of it might be too big for your use case.

Drilling it out by hand is going to be a nightmare and will likely damage
the rod.


Good luck,
MB


On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 1:26 PM Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Taking a chance here.  (Friday)  I'm trying to extract a roll pin that has
> a diameter of about 1/16th inch.   from a rod that is about 1/2 - 1/3 inch.
> I'm having a devil of a time getting it out as it is part of a vertical
> blind that
> is about 16 feet long.  I'm trying not to take the blinds down.   So I'm
> working
> at an awkward angle with very little leverage.  I've tried knocking it out
> with
> no success.  The dremel bits I don't have the umf needed to muscle through
> it.   I'll probably got the hardware store for some carbide bits but I
> wanted to
> run this past the list just in case someone here has any clever ideas...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steven
> 91 Westy
>


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