Subject: Exhaust port diffusers
From: Paul
Date: 6/3/2000, 6:27 PM


Harley Dixon wrote:

Perhaps the only way to get them out of there is tap them and
screw in a
screw and then pull them out.<<

I'm not sure of the exact location of these pins, and my
suggestion may not
work if there is not enough surface for a base for the lever
(enough to
locate the head of a pair of side cutting pliers) , but we used to
get
hardened pins out of blind holes in injection molds by using a
pair of side
cutters (to get a "bite" on the pin) and leveraging it against a
block of
hardwood or brass under the jaws (to protect the mating surface of
the
mold).

Working the pin out of the hole this way always worked, as long as
you
weren't going to reuse the pin.

Harley

Not much place to get a bite as the pins are flush. Grinding the
inside
of the diffuser until the end of the pins appear may be the best
way.

Paul Lamar


How about a small drill bit to drill througn the housing to the
 other side ? Then back drill a larger hole to allow the pin to
pass through ? Virg

 
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