| Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,787 | Cut the stud off flush with the outer drum surface with a cutoff wheel in a die grinder, then center punch it and drill it out. Start with about a 1/4" hole and step-drill up about 1/8" at a time until you're close to the diameter of the part going through the hub. Don't drill all the way through; leave a blind hole so you can insert a big pin punch to drive the weakened stud out once it's drilled. It might be necessary to do a little chamfering where the stud passes through the drum with a considerably larger drill bit to remove any swaging that might have been done when the studs were installed. Jerry
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