I clamped the cylinder in my vise and soaked it down before trying to unscrew this extractor. Dang it is on pretty good. I am thinking of taking a small burr tool and knocking down the stake marks between the pad and the rod, but before I did thought I would run it past some of you to see what your thoughts might be. My next approach is going to put the rod in a collet for the lathe and lock the gear head to prevent it from spinning.
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Not sure which Colt you are working on but on a Python for example the ejector ratchet screws onto the ejector rod. I have had some luck in pushing the ejector rod all the way in which pushes the ejector ratchet all the way to the back and then using a 3/4 socket placed over the ejector ratchet and unscrewing it from the rod. It unscrews counter clock wise. I also have soaked a really frozen one in Kroll oil (Brownells) and clamping a aluminum clamp I made to the ejector rod and unscrewing the rod while holding the cylinder in a vise.
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Cutting out the staking is acceptable just don’t take out much material. Go slow. Ken
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I have had some luck in pushing the ejector rod all the way in which pushes the ejector ratchet all the way to the back and then using a 3/4 socket placed over the ejector ratchet and unscrewing it from the rod.
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VICTORY, knocked the swages down and used a socket on the pads. Chucked the extractor rod up in a collet on the lathe to hold it and keep it from turning and off it came. Will send it off to Ken Brooks now for him to melt the pads off, oops I mean Tig me some material on. Thanks for the help guys.
