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Mrbill69 
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Posted: 30 Jan 2012 at 7:10am |
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I'm a happy man today for the first time in a week. I finall got the brake pin out of my 59 D-17 After trying almost every method I've ever read about. Already had a piece torched out if the middle of it so spent about 3 hours drilling all the way through it ( about 3-1/2 inches). Put a 7/16 bolt in the hole, still wouldn't drive through. Ended up using my torch to cut it out, got through it most of the way, put a 3/4 bolt in there and it finally drove on through. Toughest one I ever had. Spent most of a week off and on on that one. Piece inside wiggled out with a long pair of needle nosed pliers.
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jaybmiller
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Posted: 30 Jan 2012 at 7:19am |
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It's nice to see you smile after a week of 'fun'.Hopefully no whacked fingers,burned skin or any of those other 'war wounds' associated with doing 'simple' tasks , like removing one lousy, stinkin pin ....!!!! btdt lol
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Mrbill69
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Posted: 30 Jan 2012 at 1:01pm |
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Other than a couple little holes burned into my shoulder and a skinned knuckle I'm intact.
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Eldon (WA)
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Posted: 30 Jan 2012 at 1:13pm |
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LouSWPA
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Posted: 30 Jan 2012 at 2:33pm |
 jaybmiller wrote:
It's nice to see you smile after a week of 'fun'.Hopefully no whacked fingers,burned skin or any of those other 'war wounds' associated with doing 'simple' tasks , like removing one lousy, stinkin pin ....!!!! btdt lol |
Aw, common Jay, ya' gotta' have skin in the game! LOL
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Don(MI)
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Posted: 30 Jan 2012 at 2:37pm |
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My cousin was helping me work on a WD a year ago, using an EZ out bit, to remove a broken bolt from the frame rail. The EZ bit snapped, and with the momentum, he sliced his finger really good on the broken bit. That's puttin skin in the game Lou! haha
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Gary
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Posted: 30 Jan 2012 at 2:54pm |
I have sometimes wondered if it would be wise to use a Grade 8 bolt with a very long shank to replace the brake pin. Then for the next removal you would have the head of the bolt to use a socket on. Of course use lots of Anti-sieze Gary
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LouSWPA
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Posted: 30 Jan 2012 at 3:17pm |
Don, My favorite one (now, not then!), I was half sitting, half on my back with breaker bar aided by the obligatory length of 1 1/2 " pipe, feet braced against frame rail pulling toward me with everything I had when offending stuck bolt snapped. Pipe instantly smacked me between the eyes, with my very own knuckles giving me a fat lip, AND, I rolled back hitting my head on the bull gear casting giving me a good knot on the head.
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I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
Wait for the Lord;
be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Ps 27
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TomYaz
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Posted: 30 Jan 2012 at 3:31pm |
LouSWPA wrote:
Don,
My favorite one (now, not then!), I was half sitting, half on my back with breaker bar aided by the obligatory length of 1 1/2 " pipe, feet braced against frame rail pulling toward me with everything I had when offending stuck bolt snapped. Pipe instantly smacked me between the eyes, with my very own knuckles giving me a fat lip, AND, I rolled back hitting my head on the bull gear casting giving me a good knot on the head. |
Well that hit on the head explains everything for me.... 
I have my Dads WD45, he was passionate about greasing up everything...so I never have experienced the "joy" of the pin....
Edited by TomYaz - 30 Jan 2012 at 3:32pm
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Posted: 30 Jan 2012 at 3:58pm |
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Yep Tom, that ol stuff called grease has saved many-a-knuckle.....
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Posted: 30 Jan 2012 at 4:01pm |
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i woulda loved to watch that!!!...oooops...sorry lou!
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Posted: 30 Jan 2012 at 4:11pm |
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It's a good man that can laugh at his own mis-fortunes.....
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Posted: 30 Jan 2012 at 4:12pm |
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My best probably was setting the stripper plates on a CII corn head to pick male rows in our seed corn field. 12" cresent wrench, length of pipe as a persuader, both feet on frame under the corn head, good "bite" on the lock nut, torque applied, body inches off the ground applying more torque when the nut came loose instanter. Body dropped to ground, wrench came off nut, end of 12" cresent stopped forward motion on upper lip! I lay there trying to determine if a broken tooth was in my mouth before I swallowed it. Next day I could look at condition of upper lip without using a mirror, no problemo! Still have a small scar after 40 years. Always kinda figured a little sweat and/or blood made for a job well done!
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Don(MI)
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Posted: 30 Jan 2012 at 5:02pm |
Ya, that is a good one Lou! Ouch!
Watched my dad one time, working on grandpas haybine. Gramps had one of those old heavy metal electric drills, with a loose cord.
One of those hot, sticky summer days, the kind were you sweat just standing still. You guessed it, dad is hunched over with that drill, about mid-section on that haybine.
POW! he flew backwards, and the drill went the other way! Sucker shorted out! Never will forget that!
Fortunetly so far, I have not had any major incidents. Just occasional burn, or bruise. I am sure my day is comin though! lol
In all fairness, we gotta be cautious and careful, but sometimes whatever we are working on, fights back!
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