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It will likely be set into mortar. They can have quite a long and pointy shaft (fnar fnar) that gets pushed into mortar and provides the strength to hold a cast iron gate. You'll need to chisel it out but it would take an age. Can you get an angle grinder and cut it off and attached a new gate hanger over the top which is just drilled and bolted?
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I've got some gateposts out the front of our house that i'm going to be repairing later. Longer term, I'd like to get that hinge point back in commission, but the old spindle seems well and truly stuck in there.
Any advice on getting/drilling it out? Pretty chunky.