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Even though I read you already ordered a new one, here's my $0.02 (hey, 1750 of those and your part's payed for...)
I was quoted close to $100 (including tax) for that carrier by a main dealer here in the Netherlands. Sod that me thinks, lets put some more work into that.
Clamped on big but expendable mole grips (AKA vice clamps), heated the carrier for about 5 minutes with 2 high powered propane torches while pushing and pulling (turning motion) on the pin and trying to work it out, occasionally hitting the pin/clamp assembly outward with a 3 pound sledge. Eventually it came out. Cleaned the bore (old drill bit, slightly undersized, slowest possible speed) and popped in a new pin with plenty of copper grease. If the part's otherwise scrap anyway, the use of increasingly heavy handed techniques to save it becomes feasible.
Works perfectly now.
To finish that brake job (and I'm going for the "pissing off the by-the-book crowd" award now) I got out the angle grinder and remved the wear lip from the outer edge of the brake disks, and took a tenth or so off the small end of the brake pad lining to make it clear the wear lip on the hubside of the brake disks and sit straight right away.
Bram
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