Golf Trolly

[codswallop]

On the main wheel shaft,at both ends there is a a short pin that goes through the shaft to drive each wheel.On my Hillbilly electric trolly one of these pins has broken off.They are made of hardened steel,can anyone please suggest a way of removing it.I don't want to send it back to the makers for the sake of a 25p pin Thanks.

[Dodger666]

The only thing I can suggest is a hardened punch a little smaller in diameter to the pin. It's possible that the broken pin has a knurled section in the centre part that keeps it held tight by the shaft.

If the pin comes out the other side is there sufficient sticking out to get a small pair of grips on and twist it to loosen it?

[bookbinder]

Try a nail to use for the punch that Dodger suggests.

[whiskeryron]

Found this on Google, to save you a lot of hard work I wondered whether the whole shaft could be re-placed.

http://www.hillbilly.co.uk/Service-Parts/

[codswallop]

Thanks Dodger and bookbinder I had tried your suggestions but with no success.I was hoping to keep the cost down by simply replacing the pin and not go to a new shaft/axle.I couldn't see that item on the Hillbilly website W/Ron.I have even tried heating up the area in the hope that either the pin or the shaft would change in size for the pin to come out easier.....no luck.

[jomifl]

Drill a new hole, offset to miss the broken pin.

[codswallop]

Hi jomifl,at the end of the axle there is a groove cut right around, it a kind of spring loaded "tongue" locates in this groove to stop the wheel from coming away from the pins.If you drill a hole anywhere else that tongue will not locate.
I'm pleased to say after a lot of ducking and diving I've managed to get the pin out,but thanks anyway.

[jomifl]

Codwallop, It's strange how this kind of thing yields eventually. Yesterday I managed to extricate a battery that had been stuck in a torch for over a year.

[codswallop]

Thanks everyone