We have success! Oddly, I simply returned to the scene with a night's sleep and on the 3rd smack with the sledge, that pin started moving so I drove it all the way through the back and out she came. No visible galling or anything. Because I did not heat the pin, I can reuse it. I did nick a hydro hose driving that pin though. More @Wikipedia
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