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Thread: Broken extractor pin - can't remove

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    Quote Originally Posted by ministerofdeath View Post
    Breaking the extractor pin while firing would be very hard.......
    It was broken by the hammer and punch, not firing.

    Quote Originally Posted by ministerofdeath View Post
    ....I'd suggest siaking it in a solvent designed to consume copper/brass fir at least 24hrs.....
    The pin is broken. No amount of soaking it in a solvent will help.

    Quote Originally Posted by ministerofdeath View Post
    .....Then resume your efforts of driving the pin out.....
    Which will damage the bolt.

    The solution has been suggested, I will repeat it, cut the extractor through with a Dremel tool.

    I have seen this several times over the years. You are hammering a pin and it is moving then it stops. It has cracked diagonally and now is acting as a wedge against a wedge and expanding against itself more with every hammer blow. When this happens you are not going to beat the pin out from either end unless you can somehow liberate one end of the pin.
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    I've seen a couple break in classes, can't say that a heavy hand might not have cracked them previously tho. The extractor is under a lot of stress, not unreasonable that the weaker of the two parts will give way.

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    It would be interesting to collect all of the broken ones and see if they are S2 or S7 steel.

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    I might still have one in my tool box, wasn't so long ago so it might not have been cleaned out.

    ETA: my bad, the not so long ago one was a trigger pin, snapped on the center annular groove. No sign of the extractor pin.
    Last edited by Tweak; 11-26-11 at 16:02.

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    Whatever happened with this deal here?

    Quote Originally Posted by QuietShootr View Post
    Yup, it's now protruding out from one side about 1/16" but I can't move it any more - which is what makes me think it's broken.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Iraqgunz View Post
    Whatever happened with this deal here?
    Haven't cut it up yet.

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    Is it possible to grab the free end with straight pull shim pliers or vice grips?

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    Replacement / Spare Parts

    Just throw that bolt away and install one of your spare bolts from your replacement / spare parts that you have because you are aware that parts do wear out and or break with use.
    Last edited by Fgolebiowski; 11-26-11 at 21:53.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fgolebiowski View Post
    Just throw that bolt away and install one of your spare bolts from your replacement / spare parts that you have because you are aware that parts do wear out and or break with use.
    That never occurred to me!


    This is educational, not because I have to have this bolt fixed or I won't have another one.

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