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Originally Posted by Stocker
I have to ask, sorry -- are you able to drive the pin part of the way out, then it won't move any more? If so, I fought that battle a few years ago. Here's what I found:
The hinge has a 1/4" diameter hole top & bottom, but the roll pin is 3/16". If you try to drive the pin out with a 1/4" drift, you'll be stopped by the 3/16" section at the center of the hinge.
A smaller drift, 3/16" or less, will drive the pin out. HTH, good luck!
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It didn't
even move, though I was using my 2 pound ball-peen hammer- the one above that I noted cut my finger, and a 3/16" punch. Much to my embarrassment, when trying to drill that pin out when it wouldn't give, the bit went off-center, so I stopped. I'm thinking that I can just grind the "flat" face of the hammer back about 1/8" and put a chamfer back on it. I've used the handle on that hammer to drive in hundreds of pistons on rebuilds. Probably should be embarrassed about using the handle like that, too!
Maybe I'll just buy another hinge. :shrug: