If you hold the nipple part with a pliers and then use a flat blade from the top on the center pin they can be taken apart. I've done it a few times when I was putting the brass firing pins in. However some have broken them while trying that.
Yeh....it can be done. The video shows him just snapping it off. I'm just a little worried that some will do that before they even realize they need to "save" the pin. Ya know? He's got the video right on the same page where the kit is listed. I thought it might be a new video showing how to unscrew it instead of snapping it off, but it's not.
While we're worrying, I'm a little worried about EVERYBODY doing this themselves and not realizing how easy it is to strip that screw that holds the delrin cover on. Since it just screws into the aluminum on the back of the REO, it just needs a light touch.....not much torque. Once it's stripped, it really is almost impossible to "fix." I sorta feel like maybe we need a warning thread to talk about some of these things. Like Rob says, lots of people think they're
mod Jedis. Maybe I'm just being a sissy. I just have this fuzzy picture in my head of dozens of threads popping up concerning the screw-ups. Keep in mind, Filthy, YOU are the one manning the 911 switchboard. You need to prepare yourself for the epidemic....
