[Dorsh]

Thanks again for all of you taking the time to post on here.

Since my last post I really haven't had the time to look at this. I have a 16mth old boy that enjoys walking off with my tools and a wife that's due in 5wks. Needless to say my time in the garage is limited.

Anyways, I did look into using the edge of one of my small flat files to try to loosen the pin but didn't have much luck. Currently, the pin does protrude from the face of the camshaft so the file does catch the edge of it. However, I'm not sure I follow how I would extract the pin even if it loosened up. There just isn't enough pin to grab onto with any tool.

Since my old pulley already has a thru hole I will use this as a drill jig and try to drill out the pin. Just so I fully understand, the goal of using the dremel 9903 and/or premium drill bits is to remove all the material (pin) from the camshaft hole. And so, doing this I'm not wanting to try to extract any part of the pin. Correct?

If this is unsuccessful I will look into the idea of tapping the pin further into the camshaft as Tony has suggested. As long as the hole in the crankshaft has a depth of 9mm I don't see any reason why this wouldn't work. After all isn't the sole purpose of the dowel pin just to facilitate placement of the pulley for timing?

I will be out of town this week but plan on trying to resolve this next weekend. When I have some progress I will post.

Thanks,
Kurt
78SC