My First One!!

[unitedcs]

Very Nice

[sheepherder]

A fair price from Simpson's, I'd say.

Before you start bending the safety lever, take it out and clean/scrub the underside of it (you'll have to take it out if you decide to bend it anyway). You'll need to drive out the pin from inside the frame, after disassembling it. I use a brass brush and I found that a glob of gunk was lifting the safety up slightly, just enough so the the nub wouldn't seat in the depression. After reassembly, mine worked fine - no bending required (a chancy procedure IMO).

[Ron Wood]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

...You'll need to drive out the pin from inside the frame...

From the top not the bottom!!

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Ron Wood

From the top not the bottom!!

Wow! That's pretty! You been practicing???

[Ron Wood]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

Wow! That's pretty! You been practicing???

A number of years ago I was contacted by an individual that was trying to remove the safety lever. I attempted to explain in writing how to remove the pin. He couldn't grasp what I was talking about and proceeded to grind away on the frame at the top so that he could drive the pin out from the bottom. I repeated the instructions. He told me he ground some more and still couldn't get it out! I then drew that picture for him...never heard from him again. I have been hanging on to that illustration ever since then and have posted it a couple of times when the topic came up.
Ron

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Ron Wood

...I was contacted by an individual that was trying to remove the safety lever. I attempted to explain in writing how to remove the pin. He couldn't grasp what I was talking about and proceeded to grind away on the frame at the top so that he could drive the pin out from the bottom. I repeated the instructions. He told me he ground some more and still couldn't get it out!.

... ...I am speechless...

But many years ago I had a similar experience with a 1964 MG Midget I was selling...The buyer wanted to de-chrome it (thin chrome strips on each side)...I pulled them off, removed the plastic clips, exposing 6 or 8 1/8" holes on each side...I told him to tap the hole in a bit so the bondo wouldn't be hanging in space...Then we'd sand it down...The next day, he showed up with dents a 1/4" deep and three or four inches across on each hole...

My heart literally sank and a deep depression came over me...I knew he had turned a couple minutes of sanding into days and days of grinding and sanding...We had words...

Since that day, we have not spoken or even acknowledged each other...I had dated his sister and had known him since childhood...I still get depressed now just thinking about it...