IndianaSoloMcfly
Expert
Hardwood dowel should do it.
Kroil (or maybe PB Blaster) 10 min before should help to loosen the junk gluing it in.
Hit the dowel only with synthetic or wood. NO metal hammers.
Curious, i havent ran into this problem yet. But for future reference why would it not be acceptable to hit the wooden rod with a metal hammer? If the only contact point is hammer to wooden dowel and then wooden dowel to steel casing?