Answers.Body: <ol>
  <li><p>Take a thin technic beam or plate with an axle hole, preferably in the middle. I like the <a href="//www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=2711" rel="nofollow noreferrer">rotor 2 blade</a>, which already has a firm grip on axles to begin with.</p></li>
  <li><p>Push it over the axle.</p></li>
  <li><p>Apply a slight rotating force like this:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/nB5as.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/nB5as.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p></li>
  <li><p>Slowly and straightly pull out the axle (while still applying the force).</p></li>
  <li><p>Free the axle from the tool with standard means.</p></li>
  </ol>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>The method I use is not as "purist" as Wrzlprmft's, but it also works. Wrap the exposed section of the axle in a piece of cloth (a T-shirt works well), then gently grab the cloth-wrapped axle with pliers and pull out. The cloth is to prevent any marring of the axle piece, and it also provides a good grip for the plyers. Needle-nose or other small pliers work the best as they give you the most control for manipulating small LEGO pieces.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>For me, I try to use any gears or wheels that is more stiff to pull it out by attaching it with the gear or wheel. If cannot, I directly use a tapered nose pliers with a piece of cloth to pull it out.</p>
  
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Body: <p>A problem that sometimes occurs during disassembling is an unslotted length-2 technic axle being stuck in some axle hole that is a dead end, i.e., you cannot push the axle out with a longer axle from the other side, e.g., like this:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/tSi52.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/tSi52.jpg" alt="example configuration"></a></p>
  
  <p>With longer axles, you usually have a better grip and more leverage to get them out, and slotted axles can be grabbed by the slots. But an unslotted length-2 axle may be quite difficult to remove.</p>
  
  <p>Are there any tricks to do this?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: I usually just use my teeth, though that might not be what you want to do.
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Title: How to remove an unslotted length-2 technic axle from a one-way axle hole?
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ThreadText: # How to remove an unslotted length-2 technic axle from a one-way axle hole?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-03-12)
  
  A problem that sometimes occurs during disassembling is an unslotted length-2 technic axle being stuck in some axle hole that is a dead end, i.e., you cannot push the axle out with a longer axle from the other side, e.g., like this:
  
  [![example configuration](https://i.sstatic.net/tSi52.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/tSi52.jpg)
  
  With longer axles, you usually have a better grip and more leverage to get them out, and slotted axles can be grabbed by the slots. But an unslotted length-2 axle may be quite difficult to remove.
  
  Are there any tricks to do this?
  
  **Tags:** technic, disassembly
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: I usually just use my teeth, though that might not be what you want to do.  
  
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  ## 3 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_0 on 2017-03-12. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  1. Take a thin technic beam or plate with an axle hole, preferably in the middle. I like the [rotor 2 blade](//www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=2711), which already has a firm grip on axles to begin with.
  2. Push it over the axle.
  3. Apply a slight rotating force like this:
  
     [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/nB5as.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/nB5as.png)
  4. Slowly and straightly pull out the axle (while still applying the force).
  5. Free the axle from the tool with standard means.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2017-03-12. Score: 3
  
  The method I use is not as "purist" as Wrzlprmft's, but it also works. Wrap the exposed section of the axle in a piece of cloth (a T-shirt works well), then gently grab the cloth-wrapped axle with pliers and pull out. The cloth is to prevent any marring of the axle piece, and it also provides a good grip for the plyers. Needle-nose or other small pliers work the best as they give you the most control for manipulating small LEGO pieces.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2017-03-13. Score: 0
  
  For me, I try to use any gears or wheels that is more stiff to pull it out by attaching it with the gear or wheel. If cannot, I directly use a tapered nose pliers with a piece of cloth to pull it out.
  
  
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