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Quick tip on easy pinion pulling, without any pullers:
You'll need an old, STRONG, STURDY, metal butter knife...Cut a small groove in it, big enough to fit around the arm that the pinion is stuck on....just big enough for the arm to slip though, but make sure the pinion won't slip through it if you push hard on it.
Now, lay the ends of the knife on books stacked up high next to each other, or something like that for support...take your Xmods motor and fit the pinion above the groove, and make sure the leg which holds the pinion fits in nicely, but can move downwithout force (if the pinion wasn't on there holding it to the butter knife) the groove should be resting in between the pinion and the motor can. Take a hammer, and come down hard on the metal nub that sticks out of the pinion...this should move the armature leg out of the pinion a little, and loosen the pinion from the arm. Take a screwdriver and push the leg all the way out of the pinion...presto!
I can't describe it in words enough, but hopefully you get the idea....
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