little help..

[sheparay]

anybody have any tricks on how to get the little pins out of the rear axels?? What a pain!!!

[EZM]

little pins for what the xnt? if so just grap a set of metal cuting wires and pop them out with that, if thats no good use a thin screw driver and hammer that, if thats no good it probablu has a set screw thats holding it

[sheparay]

they are actually on an old 10T... They arent rusted or anything... I got it so the one side is flush...but that is it! Thanks for the ideas!!!

[Budman_222]

Use a small punch. You can make one out of a small nail, piano wire or whatever you have that will fit the hole. Or you can get hold of it with a pair of pliars and pull it out. I've done it both ways.

[sheparay]

well, I just tried for an hour and a half...I give up. I was going to get new MIP CVD's anyway... I guess now I will just also have to get the hub or whatever its called....

[rocknbil]

LOL .. the MIP's have 'em too. :D

Get a pair of good needlenose pliers and put one side on the end of one roll pin and the other on the opposide side of the shaft next to the pin. Squeeze, like a mini-vise or press. This should drive the pin all the way in on one side. Now get ahold of the long side sticking out with the needlenose pliers and use a constant twisting motion while pulling. It should come right out.

You need good pliers for this with good criss-cross teeth on the tips to get a good grip in step two. Putting them in is easy. put one in the tip of the NN pliers with the pin pointing straight out the tip of the pliers. Give it a little twist just to get it started. Now put one side of the pliers in the tip, the other on the other side if the axle just like above, and "press" it in.

Hemostats work real well for this too, and don't forget to put that cupped washer on before you put the pin in!

[highroller]

There can be a chemical reaction if the two metals are different, steel/aluminum. While there may be no rust, there may have been corrsion.
Spray the parts with WD40 or put a couple drops of 3in1 on it. A company use to make a roll pin installation/removal tool not sure if it's available or made anymore. I made one out of a pair of Needle Nose pliers, drill a hole that's larger than roll pin on one jaw of the jaw about 3/8 in deep, and about a little more than a 1/4 inch from the tip of pliers.
When installing the new MIP CVs apply a small amount of Green Slime or molybeam grease to the roll pin to prevent the dialetic corrision. If you clean the stub axle with motor cleaner, or at end of race season or down time remove the roll pin and reapply a light coat of grease again.

If after using the WD40 or 3in1 and the other methods don't work, get out the Dremel and a fiberglass cutoff wheel and cut the stub axle and roll pin. Just be careful not to cut the bearing surface. The MIP come with the whole assembly (dogbone, u joint, stub axle, roll pin, shims and nut).