Cal-Van Tools 95300 Metric Dowell Pin Puller

I purchased this to remove the alignment pins from the cylinder heads on my 2000 Nissan Xterra. It gripped the pins securely and pulled them out without any trouble. I was leery of buying one of the cheaper knockoff brands. This tool costs more, but the quality was worth it.

This saved me a lot of headache. I had only 2mm to grab on a 6mm press fit pin. Collets have a proper heat treat and did not deform in the least. Expected the worst and was pleasantly surprised. I have plenty of work for this tool!

I was struggling to remove engine block pins with no luck. I purchased this tool set and pulled the two pins within about five minutes, Excellent design and a quality product.

For years I have struggled with dowel pins on my ATVs, Motorcycles, and Jetski's. Not anymore! This tool enabled me to remove six pins within 5 minutes... pins I have been messing with for a while now. Some dowel pin tools are based off slide hammers, but not this one. You simply clamp the correct size collet to the pin and extract, its literally that easy! The only thing I dislike is that I purchased the tool for $148.00, then a couple days later it was listed for $135.00, but I guess that's just bad timing. I would recommend this tool to anyone removing dowel pins!

Worked like a champ.

Great tool! Easiest way to pull dowel pins out.

I am working on a Porsche/VW engine and the new flywheel does not have the provision for the dowel pins so I was unable to bolt it up. I used the CalVan dowel pin puller and was able to remove the pins and now I can bolt up the flywheel. It took some work but the tool worked to perfection. The only nit that I would pick is that the outer sleeve does not have a way to hold on to it so when I tried to remove the pin the whole assembly would turn. So I just used some pliers to hold it.

Used this to pull dowels from heads and it performed perfectly without damaging anything.