SKS Firing pin retaining pin

[noelb]

Just bought a '52 Tula. Hammer and punch and the dammed firing pin retaining pin will not budge! Any ideas?

 

[zeuce]

what are you punching it against, I drill a hole in a block of wood so the pin has somewhere to go and giver er a wack

 

[haha49]

try punching it out the other way if not soak it in gasoline to get the cosmline off.

 

[cyclops666]

They are a tight fit, just hit it harder

 

[ljones]

Better a block of metal with a hole in it. It wont harm the bolt and it won't bounce like it has a tendency to do on wood. If you are afraid to use steel use a block of aluminum.

 

[paisley70]

I'll trade you for my loose pin! Tight is good! Hang a bag around the bottom of a vice and leave just enough space to whack it out from the top gap of the vice and into the bag.

 

[EL34/6L6]

Heat.

 

[Bushbum40]

Head it up in the oven, not much, 100 degrees or around there. Should come out easy!

 

[noelb]

Thanks. I'll try heat. But I won't try it at the same time as gasoline.

 

[welder01]

Thanks. I'll try heat. But I won't try it at the same time as gasoline.

Good thinking!

 

[islandkent]

So when you use the heat like in a oven, won't the whole thing warm up together? Hence making the pin larger also? When I took mine a part I bent my brass punch. They are in there tight. I drilled a hole in my bench and used a steel punch and a big hammer. And yes I hit it really hard. I was beginning to wonder also but it came out. And to be honest I can't see me taking it apart again. It was clean as a whistle.

 

[trip43]

There`s a tool called a chain breaker ,its used to remove the connector pin on motorcycle chains , it has a harden pin on one side and V cut on the other , you put the breech block in the groove between the pin and V cut ,and the tighten the pin until the pin retainer is pushed out through the V.

 

[keep_clear]

try punching it out the other way.

lolwut?

i have a small block of nylon that i drilled holes in, that works well as an anvil. and a friend of mine uses a hockey puck with a hole in it.

but imo the material u use for ur 'anvil' isnt as important as, what u set it on to use it. concrete floor is best, it will create the least amount of bounce.

my friend with the hockey puck, also has a VERY tight pin. he claims that in order to get it out, u have to yell "HI-YAH" as you swing. now, i dont normally believe everything he tells me (actually very little), but seeing as i couldnt budge the pin, and refused to yell it as i swung, and he got the pin out, after yelling? meh, maybe he's on to summin.






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[points]

When driving these tight pins, use a high grade very short punch. I have one set aside cut down to 3/4". Hold the pin with a set of vice grips and away you go. The very tight pins I usually polish befor putting them back in so that they are just snug.

 

[Far North]

I had a heck of a time taking mine out the first time. I resorted to boiling the whole thing and then pounding it out with a punch and hammer on top of a ratchet socket. I still have to give it a good pounding to get the thing to budge when its cleaning time.

I am using a 3/32" punch to move the pin.

 

[yes man]

Mine too wouldnt budge i chisled a 2/4 chunk that fit the bolt with a hole for the pin to come out the bottom and duct taped it to the block of wood i used a little bit smaller punch and hit the shat out of it and it came was getting worried at first good luck... If all else fails get bigger hammer!