I have pulled a few now, broke that POS tool on the first one, haven't used it since. What I do is remove everything fragile from the area first, then rotate the 45 degree EGR valve coolant nipple out of the way, give the swing press enough room to gently destroy the top of the valve, by swinging at the motor part of the valve housing from as far under it as you can. right to left while perched on the hood latch. Once its decapitated, there's not much left of it but the shaft for the spool valve and some plastic. Two ways to go from here, weld old vise grips to a nut that screws on the end of your slide hammer, clamp them on the spool valve and work it out, or option #2 is to get under the remaining body of the valve and gradually work it out. Sometimes a combination of both. Haven't had to replace anything but the valve yet. Kind of a butcher way to do it, but it does work, and yes, I do make sure nothing is left in the bore, also I use the antiseize compound.
