so in all these bits, I have a few cam followers, and none of them seem to be magnetically attractive.
but in my spitfire, when I pull the push rods they seem almost suctioned into the cam followers? I messed around a bit to see if they really felt that way, and they seem to be almost magnetic? the first time I pulled them out, I thought they were seated into a rubber boot, it was so strong!
so I can guess that this isn't common practice, as magnetizing them would cause all the schralp to accumulate on them, but does anyone know of any trick like this? ever hear of such a thing? or feel what I described when removing them?
on another note, how does one extract the pin that keeps the middle two followers in place? I have two pins out of barrels, and they seem to have two flats, a recessed line down one, and a groove around one end making it almost look like a bullet?