[The Austrian]

Hello,
I was able to get the lockpins removed from the axle. Here is how it went:
After hitting the locking pins with an air chisel from the front side nothing moved. That led me to think that the nut on the rear side needed to be removed first. Out came the impact wrench but first I had to cut off the extensions from the nuts to get access for the socket.
Once the impact wrench got to work the locking pin slowly started rotating in the axle. After some more blasts with the impact wrench the pin was loose enough to push it out with the air chisel from the front side of the axle.
In the pictures you can see the locking pins after I removed them (one of the nuts got split into three parts during the air chisel operation).
Now I need to find out what kind of locking pins these are and where to get new ones. As oposed to any locking pin I have seen so far they are round without any flat spot. They are inserted into the axle from the rear side and then locked with a castle nut and a cotter pin on the front side.
Cheers,
Mirko