Removing pins from an excavator track

Here I'm removing a couple pins from the track of an old 200 series excavator. Unfortunately I didn't seem to have taken any video showing the process of pounding the pins back in once I installed new bushings, but it went pretty smoothly.

[@TheEcoClimber]

You have done very well with removing this using a sledgehammer and a bar. Worth mentioning that the use of thin oil/ diesel on the old pin massively helps lubricant it during removal.

[@davebrittain9216]

I have three stories for you. You mentioned pieces of metal flying when hammering. About 18 years ago I was knocking out a u joint from a driveshaft. I was holding it over one leg and made sure I put on my eye protection and told my young boys to get away. I started hammering and after a few blows a large chip broke off and buried itself about an inch and a half into my inner thigh. Went right through a pair of coveralls and jeans. It is right next to the nerves going down my leg so it can't be removed. Crazy how much force a chip can have! I once had the tip of an air chisel break off, hit my forehead and slide up my skull under my scalp almost two inches. I had a lump on my head under the skin where it ended up. It was not easy to get out but a magnet finally did the trick and I slid it back to the entrance hole and out it came. Third story, I used to work at a hospital and met a guy that rushed in with his car and yelled "Help I have been shot". I quickly helped him to a wheelchair and rushed him into the ER. I asked him what he was doing at the time he got shot and he said he was using a sledge hammer on a wedge to split fire wood. A chip the size of a 22 cal bullet went right between his ribs and landed against his heart but luckily did not puncture it. They had to open his chest to get it out.

[@spartansteve7]

Same thing happened to me with a u-joint but it went into the meat of my hand, never had a wound squirt before lol