Help needed, broken shear pin on general 130 planer

[Richard Coers]

Traditionally, steel roll pins are very hard. I've ground a tooth on the end of some and used them to drill out screws that the head has broken off. Basically like a plug cutter. The existing shear pin might have been a roll pin, but I seriously doubt that was a factory part. Pretty certain if you broke a shear pin, someone else sure could have too. I would start with something softer, like a regular hardware store bolt. If that shears, go to a harder bolt. Here is a discussion you might find interesting. https://forum.canadianwoodworking.co...r-king-jointer

[Florian Stauss]

Thank you all for your input. I finally had time to work on it again. I clamped the other side of the shaft in my aluminum lined vise and put tension on the gear with the gear puller once more. I was able to grab the gear with my large cobra pliers and turn it on the shaft. This combined with the puller slowly pulled it off. Before I only used the puller without the circular motion.
So the gear is off and I’m looking forward to start the rebuild now.
Again thank you for your time!