Axle pin alternatives?

I hate these things with a passion. Does anybody do away with them in favor of something faster to remove and install? Bolt and nut? Zipties? A Twig?

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Brap Brap.

Safety wire?

I don't think this is what they're made for, but I thought of these:

http://www.pegasusautoracing.com/productselection.asp?Product=3050

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Jon Burke - KI6LSW
Blog: http://psgrallywrx.blogspot.com/

5 seconds to tap out the pin takes too long?

Mine NEVER seem to come out in 5 seconds. I spent 20 mins on one yesterday. My subframe brace doesnt help either.

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Brap Brap.

They aren't there for load, just to keep the axle from sliding outwards and off the splines. So you could use safety wire or even a smaller diameter pin and a couple wraps of tape to keep it in place. A bonus with the smaller pin or wire is the axle could be installed 180* out then. Much easier in a hurried service.

biggreen96 Wrote:
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> Mine NEVER seem to come out in 5 seconds. I spent
> 20 mins on one yesterday. My subframe brace doesnt
> help either.

http://www.matcotools.com/Catalog/toolcatalog.jsp?cattype=T&cat=2262&page=1&#56191

LT730.

5 seconds is generous.

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Pete Remner
Cleveland, Ohio

1984 RX-7 (rallycross thing)
1978
Silence is golden, but duct tape is silver.

You are a god.

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Brap Brap.

That looks way easier than using drill bits. It's kinda sketchy when they break.

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Grant Hughes

Pete Wrote:
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> biggreen96 Wrote:
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> > Mine NEVER seem to come out in 5 seconds. I
> spent
> > 20 mins on one yesterday. My subframe brace
> doesnt
> > help either.
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> LT730.
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> 5 seconds is generous.
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> Pete Remner
> Cleveland, Ohio
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> 1984 RX-7 (rallycross thing)
> 1978
> Silence is golden, but duct tape is silver.


I have these: http://www.harborfreight.com/5-piece-long-drive-pin-punch-set-93111.html
and use the 3/16, its just a smidge smaller than the 5mm that the roll pins probably are. No magnetic tip, though.

No, I'm going for the subaru tool. I've fucked enough 3/16 punches to spend $$ on one again.

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Brap Brap.

I recommend replacing that time-consuming roll-pin with six bolts per axle, preferably the kind with 12-pt triple-square EZ-Strip heads that are strategically designed to trap any dirt and grease in the nearby vicinity.

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Self-righteous douche canoe

Carl S Wrote:
> I have these:
> and use the 3/16, its just a smidge smaller than
> the 5mm that the roll pins probably are. No
> magnetic tip, though.


i use the same set. works awesome. big one to bang it out and then slideit over the smallone to put it back in.

that matco part looks cool too.

For pushing the roll pins out on my subie, I just use an appropriately-sized torx head screwdriver where the body is the diameter of the pin and the head fits inside of the pin. It's got a nice shoulder and therefore good bite.

Zero problems.

hoche Wrote:
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> I recommend replacing that time-consuming roll-pin
> with six bolts per axle, preferably the kind with
> 12-pt triple-square EZ-Strip heads that are
> strategically designed to trap any dirt and grease
> in the nearby vicinity.
>
>
>

You forgot to mention tearing the boot when the 12pt slips...