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PIN STUCK IN T5 SHIFT BLOCK...HELP PLEASE!!!

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So I am trying to take my tailshaft off to change the drive gear for the speedo. I have everything off and it comes time to tap the drive pin through the shift block so i can realse the tailhousing from the main case. WELL IT SEEMS THAT THE LAST PERSON THAT WAS IN THERE F****** THE PIN UP AND IT IS MUSHROOMED OUT A LITTLE OVER THE TOP OF THE HOLE. IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE THEY USED SOMETING OTHER THAN A PUNCH TO TAP IT IN AND WHATEVER THEY USED BROKE OFF IN THE HOLE. SO NEEDLESS TO SAY THE PIN IS BIGGER THAN IT SHOULD BE AND I CANNOT GET IT TO DROP DOWN. I HAVE TRIED DRILLING IT...SMASHING IT DOWN WITH A PUNCH...AND I CANNOT GET ANYTHING TO WORK...ANYONE WITH ANY SIMILAR PROBLEMS EVER PLEASE HELP???
 

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Drilling it is still probably the only option, at this point. It's going to be difficult though, if that is in fact a broken off punch, since it's hardened steel. If you can get a small hole started in it, you might be able to get the first few threads of a sheetmetal screw into it, so you can yank it out with some pliers. Aside from that, I'm in the same boat as you, with not knowing what else to try.
 
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its not a broken off punch..it almost looks like it is a broken off small screw. But getting it to thread a small sheet metal screw is out of the question...i think the only option is to drill though...and i dont know if it will happen
 
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