<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Thanks for the info guys. Ground the head off, replaced pin and am back in business. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Guess the drill didn’t work as the point was probably bouncing off the craggy surface of the broken pin.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thon</div><div class="">(I’m not planning on filling in the rut—believe the neighbor that caused it should fill it in!) :-)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 30, 2019, at 9:08 AM, Hank Ralston <<a href="mailto:Hank@ralstonagency.com" class="">Hank@RalstonAgency.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class=""><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Options without sing the damage:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><ol start="1" type="1" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" class=""><li class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Liquid wrench or similar if it is just rusted in, i.e. cant’ rotate it from the back<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></li><li class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Heat the sleeve<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></li><li class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Last resort Cut or grind of the back and then push it from the inside, underneath side, out<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></li><li class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">You need to take it to a professional shop for removal and replacement of the sleeve<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></li></ol><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class=""><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class=""><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">If you’re not familiar with 1-3 or have the time or equipment, jump to #4.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class=""><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">While it s in the shop, fill in the rut!<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class=""><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Thanks,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class=""><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Hank<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class=""><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class=""><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">-----Original Message-----<br class="">From: tb <<a href="mailto:tbamc@gbta.net" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">tbamc@gbta.net</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2019 8:59 AM<br class="">To: et <<a href="mailto:Elec-trak@cosmos.phy.tufts.edu" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">Elec-trak@cosmos.phy.tufts.edu</a>><br class="">Subject: (ET) 12M L-arm pins</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class=""><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class=""><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Drove into a rut and managed to snap off one of the pins in the mid-mount deck that holds the swivel end of an L-arm. The rest of it doesn’t seem to want to be punched out. Was it originally welded in? I imagine it’s a hardened pin so won’t want to be drilled out either?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class=""><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class=""><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Thanks.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class=""><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class=""><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Thon<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class=""><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class=""><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">_______________________________________________<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class=""><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Elec-trak mailing list<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class=""><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><a href="mailto:Elec-trak@cosmos.phy.tufts.edu" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><font color="#000099" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: none;" class="">Elec-trak@cosmos.phy.tufts.edu</span></font></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class=""><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><a href="https://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/mailman/listinfo/elec-trak" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><font color="#000099" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: none;" class="">https://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/mailman/listinfo/elec-trak</span></font></a></span></font></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>