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Message started by 03svrider on 09/18/08 at 07:28:06

Title: slide hammer?
Post by 03svrider on 09/18/08 at 07:28:06

i plan on pulling the plug out of the carb when i rejet but i don't have a slide hammer. could i just clamp on the trusty vice grips to the sheet metal screw and yank on it or is there another way if you don't have a slide hammer?

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Post by bill67 on 09/18/08 at 08:24:29

vise grips works best

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Post by thumperclone on 09/18/08 at 10:52:37

i used a small metal stud framing screw and vice grips...

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Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/18/08 at 19:33:56

I watched a guy use a drywall screw & dikes, just pry against a hard spot on the carb. Its really not in there that hard. I dont remember how I went at it, but it must have been easy, cuz I dont remember resorting to extreme means.

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Post by Oldfeller on 09/19/08 at 14:25:13

Vice grips and a sheet metal screw fetched mine with no hassles. Be real careful not to drill too deep, just break through the brass cover piece and quit right there. You can eat the screw head underneath if you go blasting on through the sheet metal.

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Post by serowbot on 09/19/08 at 15:13:18

The drill-bit grabbed and pulled mine out....

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Post by rigidchop on 09/20/08 at 13:58:47

yep, what they said.

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Post by EssForty on 09/21/08 at 04:01:01

I documented it with pictures in the tech section. In the third picture I show the drywall screw, just lock vice grips on it, wiggle left & right and pull.

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How hard should you pull? The plug has more resistance than the pull tab on a beer can, and less resistance than most of the girls I dated in high school, if that gives you an idea what to expect. Mind you. I went to High School in the late 70's so factor that in....