Hey Mark,

Thanks for the tip on the extraction tool.   You're right.  Leverage is
almost non-existent.   The
tool you mentioned made me think of my little pin extractor for my bike
change.   I'll look at that
first.

Thanks!

Steven

On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 1:48 PM Mark Belanger <mbelanger@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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