On Jun 8, 1:27*pm, mcp6453 wrote:
On 6/8/2010 11:30 AM, jamesgangnc wrote:

If you have a puller that you think will grab the sides of the handle
then you can put something small on top of the shaft to deal with the
center pin being too large. *Like a small nut. *You could also try
leaving the screw in but loosened but there is a risk that pushing
against it will deform the threads.

Not that it's a bad thing to get a new tool :-)

Leaving the screw in but loosening it may work. If I do that, though, I
will deprive myself of a new tool. There could be a time in the future
when loosening the screw will not work and I'll need the tool. Plus,
with inevitable inflation, the tool could cost a lot more next year, so
I need to get it this year. (Ignore that I have not needed one in the
last fifty years.)

I can't argue with an excuse to buy a tool since I'm always looking
for those, yukyuk. Every project should include at least one new
tool.