Yeah, tried replacing mine with the tight fitting correct size pin yesterday. No luck so far. Hate to ship them back to Texas just to have a 10 cent cotter pin put in but may have to.
Erich
Just replaced the original 1/8" pins with 5/64" on 2006 vintage pMags. The ordinal pins looked fine, but replaced them anyway.
The 5/64" pins are a real PITA. After a few trial and error attempts, this process finally worked - but it was still amazingly hard:
- Trim the 5/64" pin to final length before inserting. Note that for his application, the folks at emag want the both pin legs to go around the castle nut, not one leg bent over the top. Reason provided was accessory case clearance.
- Use a file or Dremmel tool to ease the pin ends.
- Verify the castle nut torque and make sure you get the shaft pin hole center of the castle nut fingers. You will need a helper for this step - and a good strap wrench.
- Carefully bend the pin so that you can get it started. Push in until you get to the bend. Ease the bends as you continue to push it in (various tools are needed BUT DO NOT TAP THE PIN IN).
- Once in bend the legs around the castle nut.
I sent a note to Brad at eMag recommending he make a You Tube video of the process - like Dynon does for autopilot servo sheer pin replacement.
Carl