Timeline for How to remove and replace wire pins from axle?
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| Aug 30, 2023 at 17:09 | comment | added | causative | In the end it took a lot of force to remove the pins. After bending the wings straight I was able to use a boot hook to pull out the shifter-side pin, but the boot hook bent when I tried to do the same on the brake-side pin. The method that worked in the end was to take a thin wire and thread it through the eye of the pin, then wind the wire around a pair of needle nosed pliers and use the pliers as a lever against the frame to pull on the wire. I got new pins and hopefully they won't be as hard to put in as the old ones were to remove! | |
| Aug 30, 2023 at 17:06 | vote | accept | causative | ||
| Aug 29, 2023 at 15:18 | comment | added | Chris H | (@DavidW) after bending both legs fairly straight, you can pinch them together with pliers and push part way . That works well, and beyond that point the hole will old the legs together | |
| Aug 29, 2023 at 14:50 | comment | added | DavidW | If you have long nosed pliers, I would use them instead of a screwdriver to straighten the ends of the pin before pulling. Pushing the pin out is hard unless it's really straight (especially for a long one like this) but with long nosed pliers it's often possible to hook one end through the loop and use an adjacent flange as a fulcrum to lever it out. | |
| Aug 29, 2023 at 14:48 | history | edited | DavidW | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 28, 2023 at 23:58 | history | answered | mattnz | CC BY-SA 4.0 |