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I have removed hundreds. I use a 7/16" deep 1/4" drive socket or slightly smaller metric socket to remove them. On the removal brackets on the 2 cylinder MK models I remove the brackets & use my small arbor press to remove them. On brackets that are still on the motor I gently tap the socket & drive them out. Actually they are not machined. They have an outer brass/bronze ring then it is held to a brass/bronze ring with neoprene. I believe that they were integrally made by pouring the neoprene. The idea was that it would limit vibration, but hard to say that it would work for such small pieces.