Hey all,
Was just changing the pins in my spikes last night and 2 of them were stuck. I went and got the pliers to pull them out with as opposed to using the key and accidently ripped the heads off the pins! :S, now 2 of my spikes are only about 2mm long on a brand new pair of shoes!
Does anybody have any old magic tricks that I could you to get these out?
best thing I can think of is just to file them down. Vice Grips always worked better than any cheap spike wrench, but if they are stripped, just file them down or get new spikes.
I got a little tool that looks like a small pair of pliers, except that its head is two blades that come together for snipping wires and the like. The blades do not run in a plane parallel to the handles, but perpendicular. Using these I'll just grip the blades on to the base of the spike remnant. When I squeeze they start digging in to the metal of the spike itself, and I'm careful not to grip too hard and cut off the remaining part of the spike. When it is dug somewhere in to the spike I then just turn the handle and twist the spikes out.
They haven't failed on me yet, and I've used them when nothing else would work. I don't know, however, if you have enough of the spike left to grip.
These tools should be available at most hardware stores. They are a variant of wire snippers.
i've heard you can file them down all the way, then drill into them with a really small drill bit i think. Something like that was used to get some of my friend's spikes out.
If you file it down so much that it's concave, you can put an allen key in it and put locktite around it. It should create a bond between the allen key and what's left of the spike.
hey, thanks for the responses... my dad just tried for abit to get it out but now its just worn away so much they are both flat, i think we will goto a handyman and get him to drill into it, then stick something that fits the drill size into it and get it out that way
luckily, my pars see how pissed off i am (pretty much in tears lol) so i think i will score a new pair as a 'post christmas present' if this fails.
cut a groove down the center of what's left(with a steel hand saw) and use a screw driver to get them out.
Also, if there is anything to grab....it works better if the spike is held fixed and the shoes turned instead.
I've found I only have to remove spikes from the plate if they've penetrated all the way through the catcher.
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peng wrote:
cut a groove down the center of what's left(with a steel hand saw) and use a screw driver to get them out.
Also, if there is anything to grab....it works better if the spike is held fixed and the shoes turned instead.