Removing pins

[Lint]

Question for all the modders out there. What is the best way to remove these dastardly pins? They're stuck pretty tight, have no other end and I want to minimise damage to the plastic.




Basically I wanna get these wheels off so I can paint the orange part red.

[blackie]

soldering iron
use it to heat up the PIN
it should pop right out
i did it with universe sunstreakers successfully

[liegeprime]

and after? do you just stick the pins back in? do they just snap right back in Blackie?

[1orion2many]

I would think the heating process enlarges the hole by melting a small amount of the plastic so my guess would be a small dab of super glue for a tight fit but wait for Blackies answer because I could be way off

[kup]

Removing 'needle' pins is very hard but doable. In regards to the photo, I have no idea how to remove that sort of pin from a toy without breaking it.

[gamblor916]

What Blackie said. Hold the soldering iron for 20-30 seconds against the pin then try to pull off the wheel. Don't heat it for more than 30 seconds at a time.
Obviously don't touch the plastic.

[lcz128]

http://www.sector70.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=12735
I recommend having a look at that. (:

[kup]

http://www.sector70.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=12735
I recommend having a look at that. (:

That's how I do it but its no where as easy as it seems.

[Lint]

Only have a fat tipped iron in the shed. I'll have to go buy an el cheapo from somewhere. Thanks fellows!

[Eruntalon]

http://www.sector70.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=12735
I recommend having a look at that. (:

I just used this today to remove the pins holding the legs to a Lady Giga Power Master from Overlord. It worked perfectly, although I had to place the soldering tip on each pin several times before I could work the legs off.