[ithacaartist]

Tom, the same thing happened to my right grip panel from Vintage grips. I'll take responsibility for snapping the little bugger off while fitting them...shoulda taken a lick or two off the peg. Haven't gotten around to doing anything about it, yet, but have a couple of ideas:

One way to replace the locator pin is with a substitute protruding from a small base which could be bonded into a shallow depression milled out to fit it...picture a thumb tack upside down.

Another way is to replace the stub with a tapered ridge of material that runs the full length of the inside of the frame relief the stub contacted. I've seen this on wooden grips, and I think it can be facsimilied in an epoxy that would bond with the urethane. When you get the prototype finished, send it to V,G.G and they will make you a new one in the new shape, all one piece; and return your prototype, for free, I'll bet, since it would be a grip new to them.

A third way would be to tap a blind hole in the back of the grip which would allow an insert with a protruding stub to be screwed in. I wonder how Loctite will work on the metal/urethane interface.

Personally, I'm goin' for the second method. Mechanically has a better chance of holding than a pin/stub that takes all the pressure.