If the hex screws are shot, you might be able to drill them out - just go a size smaller than the width of the screw and use plenty of lubricant (oil) to avoid heating the metal up too much. Also, go slow... With the hex screws out, and the mounting pins lubricated, you should be able to tap the pins out easily.
Nice help for us Gem owners! Can you comment on what to do (no broken yoke) when the set screws holding drive leg on, are so corroded you can't remove them? The previous owner apparently never lubricated either side, and the hex set screws are FUBAR. Need removal and tapping bigger? Wheel puller to remove the pins? HELP. Hull 644
If the hex screws are shot, you might be able to drill them out - just go a size smaller than the width of the screw and use plenty of lubricant (oil) to avoid heating the metal up too much. Also, go slow... With the hex screws out, and the mounting pins lubricated, you should be able to tap the pins out easily.
whershfeld 3 years ago
Nice help for us Gem owners! Can you comment on what to do (no broken yoke) when the set screws holding drive leg on, are so corroded you can't remove them? The previous owner apparently never lubricated either side, and the hex set screws are FUBAR. Need removal and tapping bigger? Wheel puller to remove the pins? HELP. Hull 644
Bob
pabobfin 3 years ago