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DX Pedals - getting pins out!!

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bigsman:
I need help(!)  Got most of the old pins out of my dx ok but theres a few left that are too short to get hold of and I'm buggered if I know how to get these bams out!  Drilling seems like a shout but its murder trying to get a start on a round/pointy shaped end with a hand drill ...ok they can be sanded but they're pretty tough little feckers so has anybody got any handy tips as to how to get these out without resorting to a machine shop?

Cheers

sawzall:
drilling is your only option,grind or file pin so it is flat then centre punch pin and drill first using a really small drill bit then go up in size so it's almost same size as pin,this should clear out old pin without touching any of the pedal :daumenhoch:

bigsman:
Cheers bud it does look that way  :'(  I've got 5 to take out...per pedal!  First attempt didn't go well....drill bit went clean through the pin....and the pedal then snapped :'(.  SLowly slowly catchy monkey on the 2nd and it's going ok but man this is no fun!

graeme:
If you can get hold of the pins at all, you could try putting them in the oven.

Aluminium expands quicker than steel so the pins may get looser.

JT71:
are you getting em re-anodised?

if so don't worry, cos they'll come back with the pins miraculously gone...just ask Greg (Rox)

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