Thread: Hinge pins
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Old 11-18-2019, 08:45 PM   #26
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Originally Posted by Oldwanus Eddie View Post
I recently had great, even dramatic success using an air hammer with a punch attachment. I had tried a couple of the c-clamp type tools and had soaked the pins/hinges in Kroil for two weeks prior to making the first effort. Could not get the pins to budge with those but the air hammer worked like magic! Suggestions: cover the surrounding body areas with something to protect it, and drop the air pressure down to about 50 pounds. We started off with too much pressure and couldn't control the punch.
X-2, that's what I did, well worth the 19.95$ for an air hammer kit.
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