pin holding on front hex not coming off.

[Nigel]

I have the old durango dex410R (not v3)

I used thread lock to secure the pins in place as durango mentioned in the manual so the pins wont fall out when your putting on your wheel.

but it seems my pins dont want to come off as I want to do some work on my bearings and to heat shrink my shafts.

I managed to get the rear ones out as they are exposed a bit so I could use some vice grips to get them out. but the front ones are not exposed at all as they are sitting in the hex.

I have tried tapping them out with a small pin and hammer but it just dose not work.

Dose anyone have some suggestions?

[bigred5765]

warm it up (soldering iron)

[discostu]

hit it harder

[Jason A]

Take the pins you have already got out and use them to knock the stuck ones out with..

[Big G]

heat will soften the thread loc. it'll tap out no problem then.

[f888fhw]

I heat mine up and push them out with one side of a pair of needle nose pliers.

[fastinfastout]

I use the smallest hex driver I have(0.05), ground down the tip so that it is sharp and thin as possible. Then I just hammer it out slightly. I use this tool purposely just for this job. The tip doesnt need to protrude all the way through to push it out. You only need it to push it out slightly, then get a pair of side cutters, grab it as far down as possible. You then don't need to pull it out, you just lever it out. It sounds harder than it is, but its actually quite easy.

[TonyM]

On a related topic I just fitted the Tresrey 14mm Hex's to my 210 and 410. They are fastened on with a small screw - no longer will I have to worry about the pins coming out, or having to threadlock them.

[Big G]

Originally Posted by TonyM

On a related topic I just fitted the Tresrey 14mm Hex's to my 210 and 410. They are fastened on with a small screw - no longer will I have to worry about the pins coming out, or having to threadlock them.

likewise

[dpackster1980]

Originally Posted by f888fhw

I heat mine up and push them out with one side of a pair of needle nose pliers.

Circlip pliers are good as well.

[Nigel]

Thanks guys. I used the soldering tip and with some pliers and a hammer I was able to get them out, but I wrecked my bearings while doing it.

I recommend not to use the tip in the manual when it comes to thread locking pins. It dose more bad than good.

[Rango]

Originally Posted by 1slash

Thanks guys. I used the soldering tip and with some pliers and a hammer I was able to get them out, but I wrecked my bearings while doing it.

I recommend not to use the tip in the manual when it comes to thread locking pins. It dose more bad than good.

Same here, would rather take the chance they fall out when wheel is off than go threw getting them out after being lock tighted

[mattr]

I used the threadlock on my first time building, then snapped two out of four pins (front and rear) getting them out.

Second time round, i just smeared a bit of rubber based adhesive (vulcanising solution actually) round the slot in the front hex and around the rear axle, where the pin goes through. Pins are firmly enough attached that they don't actually move, but a piece of p155 to actually remove when you want to. And if you need to remove and then replace, there has (up to now) been enough residue to hold them in place for two or three cycles of remove and replace.........

[Cream]

Might be better using something like screwlock, made by M3 code TL22 it's a weak strength grades that should easily dissmantal.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rite-Lok-Scr.../dp/B004RNWAIQ

[TonyM]

In the past I've used a very small amount of blue tack in the slot to great effect.

[hotrodchris]

A very small drop of superglue on one side and then it breaks easily when you need to remove them!