by baggywrinkle » Fri Feb 16, 2018 3:23 pm
If you got it loose, and if there is not a nut holding it on other side of the CB trunk as kokko said, it oughtta be free to extract in the usual manner ie just pull it outta there.
Corrosion? Barnacles?
What exactly does 'loose' mean? Does the pin feel like it is loose in the square fitting in the CB ie able to wiggle some? Or could it be that both the pin and the CB are moving as a unit ie it is not the 'loose' you need?
If you have a vibrating sander or something that vibrates, press it against the handle, since triangle plate is off. Its worth a shot, if you have a sander/whatever. Also from underneath, squirt some PB Blaster up there. Squirt it where you squirted the WD 40 too ie from above and from below. Wait a while. Vibrate. Repeat.
Worst case scenario, all else fails, cannot extract it....(WTF?)....dare I say it....drill a not very big hole at opposite point, other side of trunk...then drive the pin out with brass pin or bolt, something softer than your pin so as not to damage your pin. Not much anyway. Theoretically.
If the CB's square pin hole is not open on both sides, such a hole drilled in trunk, and the driving bolt/pin would have to penetrate the CB also for accessing your pin. My CB square hole is open both sides. I bet all are. I dont know though.
Another possibility, before taking advice from nuts with drills, devise a puller of some kind. Maybe a prybar (I mean gently, gents). Cutting away the rubber washer (Saint Rudy has more) probably is necessary to make room for a pry bar. Flat bar. Like a small "WonderBar". Use wood blocks to seat prybar where needed. Did I say pry gently? Pry gently. Good luck cutting away the rubber washer. Do they even make blades that narrow? What will dissolve neoprene rubber? Does it come in a spray can?