Dang, man. That's cool.
I've tried resetting pins with very careful taps with a small hammer and drift. Nothing much happened, but I may try again. I've had enough bad experiences with hammers on finished projects that I'm pretty leery of using them on anything but rough carpentry.
Arbor press is probably better, but especially a larger drill press will work. Improvise, adapt, and overcome! Who said that!?
I've been ruminating on how to push out the spindle from a bearing for a lathe my brother bought me for a couple of weeks. While thinking about your problem, figured out how to do it with my monster drill press and a tool I made to pull the bearings from a ball bearing center I got with my old Atlas lathe. This instead of buying my own hydraulic press, or begging time on theirs from my former employer.
Putting it back together, after I get it out, cleaned, and re-lubricated, the arbor press I have will probably work better. It's a half-ton press, IIRC. The drill press is a 900lb monster from the 1920's or earlier. And still sweet as heck to have!
Bill
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |