I got mine off, I used the old school method. Yes I am now a real HACKER as I am often called in the gaming community
Good ole Hack Saw, my only problem is not realizing that the threads are reverse on these things and I ended up putting it on really tight, and then I pretty much destroyed it. Pics to be found in my Draco thread.
Just keep going at it, also my pin took a couple hits to get back out of it's hole. It did not want to pop back out for some reason
-Gio