NEW PIN FIX!!

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Cthulhu

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WOOHOO! I found a new way to fix your pins, and i figured it out all by myself!
Instead of inserting a nail inside do this,,,
Go to your local hardware store, find the TENSION PINS , they look sort of like a tiny metal tube with part of it cut out, now find one that fits snugly into the pivot of your bali, next find some nails that fit within the tension pin nice and tight, than go home, get out your ball peen hammer (you have one right? if not go back to the hardware store and purchase one) and your anvil(dont have that either? a section of railroad track will do the trick, rust dont get runover) and a hack saw. Saw the tension pin so that none of it protrudes from the hole, now insert the nail and saw that down until only about a quarter to a half of an inch protrude, than hammer away and mushroom out the nail until its flush with the nail.
I did this and my Jaguar works BETTER than new!
 
I am curious.. let me get this stright.. so you get this tension pin that is hollow insert that then insert a nail inside it? so basically the tension pin goes around the nail and all the nail is doing is mushrooming over the hole?



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The reason I asked this question is because I once used scorers (basically pencil like spikes to draw on steel plates) as pins. They are tough and sweet the thing is it was ahrd for them t mushroom and the middle woudl not swell.

The advantage of using a nail is that you need ot have an EXACT fit. Once you whack the nail not only will the head mushroom but I think the middle part (inside the holes) will sweel too making a secure fit.

Ofcourse if the tension pins were EXACTLY the same size as the Jaguar holes that that would be sweet!
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No more problems of themiddle part of the pins getting mushy and bent out of shape (slow process but still happens with nails).



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