Knee pins

[Action Martin]

Will CTVT knee pins work in Mego and Doc Mego bodies or are they too small?

[Bionic Joe]

Don't know about CTVT kneepins as i never tried but DOC'S fit's MEGO's no problem and last i checked were the same price

[sauce]

i've used a CTVT knee pin in Mego knees and had no problem

[spotter]

I've used CTVT pins but prefer to place the male pin(cap top side) into Mego original female pins ( well side) since they are a little less tight overall and tend to break less when posed

[Action Martin]

I must be doing something wrong. I am following the instructions at custommego.com to remove knee pins and wrist pins but it isn't working.

[SUP-Ronin]

I have heated up the joint with a hair dryer or hot water and had success, but I think it is something of a crap shoot. I have snapped a few also with this method.

[megocrazy]

I built a knee pin remover from a tool used to remove scale train wheels from engines. Instead of pushing the axle out it pushes the pin out. Cost about 8 bucks, but I've had it for years.

[spotter]

I must be doing something wrong. I am following the instructions at custommego.com to remove knee pins and wrist pins but it isn't working.

If you are working with a broken pin simply drill out the remaining peg and you are good to go to replace with a new male end,

if working with a complete leg pin you can try to heat part with boiling water to soften the plastic. you can hit it out using a small awl or screw driver if you don't have a flat punch, I do agree with others that knee pins tend to break upon removal but the replacements are pretty solid.

[Action Martin]

The broken knee pin fell out. I can't remove the knee pin from the CTTV leg to make the repair. After 5 days I gave up and just bought some knee pins from Doc.

But I still can't get the wrist and ankle pins out and I really need to that. Wolfman wants to wear his Type3Toys paws.

[Action Martin]

Doc's knee pins worked! Yay!

And I discovered what my problem was with the wrist and ankle pins: Doc's wrist & ankle pins have tiny caps on them that prevent them from being fully pushed out. So I had to "dig" around the wrists to pull the hands out and then remove Doc's pins with pliers. Since the caps prevent the pins from sliding back in I had to replace Doc's pins with CTVT pins. And now everything is fine. Whew!