Yes, I have done it. If I remember correctly I paid $25.00 for the PoS spring, easily the most I ever got hosed on an FGF part. I used a work bench vise to hold the spring, and used a small rod and ball peen hammer to work out the pin. The hole that the pin sits in has a slit all the way down it. I used a small screwdriver to relieve some of the friction on the pin by spreading the gap apart while I tapped. There were actually two of us working on it.
