Tips for stuck dowel pins
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Try something like this: https://www.harborfreight.com/slide-...kaAqj-EALw_wcB
it’ll go in to the bottom, then as you thread the handle in it expands, hopefully gripping the bottom lip of the dowel, allowing you to tap it out.
it’ll go in to the bottom, then as you thread the handle in it expands, hopefully gripping the bottom lip of the dowel, allowing you to tap it out.
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I have used concrete anchor bolts and pilot bearing pullers with success in the past.
You could also find a bolt that fits snuggish into the dowel (cut the threaded portion off and use the unthreaded part if you have to, fill the hole with grease (not all the way to the top, leave it maybe 1/4" below the surface), and tap the bolt with a hammer.
Six, expletives work better than explosives if you do not have access to another cylinder head in the foreseeable future.
You could also find a bolt that fits snuggish into the dowel (cut the threaded portion off and use the unthreaded part if you have to, fill the hole with grease (not all the way to the top, leave it maybe 1/4" below the surface), and tap the bolt with a hammer.
Six, expletives work better than explosives if you do not have access to another cylinder head in the foreseeable future.
Last edited by Godless Commie; 08-19-2022 at 01:51 AM.
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... and when you have it out, get another one, cut an appropriate length off it and put it down the hole so it acts as a stop for the dowel, preventing a repeat.
I presume this happened when the head was put on, so there has potentially been some misalignment since it was last off? Or when you were removing the head?
I presume this happened when the head was put on, so there has potentially been some misalignment since it was last off? Or when you were removing the head?
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