I broke a bunch on my rebuild. Tried the whacking and impact hammer method...no success; although admittedly did not do it to the level of detail above. Just cranked them out after no success; ended up with 7 broken.
Irwin left hand drill bits took them right out. No ez outs needed.
amazon # 30520.
They came out so easy if I was to do it again I would just crank them out right from the beginning.
Just an added data point for all.
