Fixing loose toggle pin

Heinz · 12-03-2004, 07:46 PM

Karl, I apologize if my humor was off mark. I mistakenly thought this was a request from a new member. I would still advise using a replacement pin and peening or bending it slightly to impose a little tension. The fear would be that you might lose the original if it works its way out. (just did that at the range on a grip screw) And you would not want to distort the original. You don't need to peen the pin like a rivet on the end. You can flatten the side to increase the width. Piano wire in the right diameter may also be fashioned into a workable pin.

12-03-2004, 07:46 PM	#5
Heinz User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Greenville SC Posts: 1,004 Thanks: 377 Thanked 411 Times in 180 Posts	Karl, I apologize if my humor was off mark. I mistakenly thought this was a request from a new member. I would still advise using a replacement pin and peening or bending it slightly to impose a little tension. The fear would be that you might lose the original if it works its way out. (just did that at the range on a grip screw) And you would not want to distort the original. You don't need to peen the pin like a rivet on the end. You can flatten the side to increase the width. Piano wire in the right diameter may also be fashioned into a workable pin.