clutch roll pin installation tips

[anthony]

I've searched all the pedal cluster rebuild threads I could find. Most people have trouble removing the roll pin. I'm having trouble installing it.

Any tips or tricks?

TIA

[Neal Boysen]

I used a punch and hammer to remove the old pin. To replace I got it started by tapping in with the hammer and then put the assembly in a vise and slowly pressed it in place, worked great and have had no problems.

[KCinBR]

I replaced mine while the pedals were mounted in the car, here what i did.
I made a pin holder out of a peice of aluminum stock (just any old rod or bar will do) I drilled a hole in the end big enough for the pin to fit. Placed the new pin in the hole in the end of the aluminum stock and used it as a punch to drive in the pin.

does not make it any easier to reach the pedal assembly but it makes it easier to drive in the pin

Hope this helps................KC

[anthony]

I've been trying to get it in with a vice It seems to be about 1/4 to 1/3rd the way in but the pin is starting to bend sideways. :-(

[anthony]

Whew, I made it! A gnarly nub is still sticking out maybe 3/16" on the top but it made it all the way through to the other side so I'm quitting while I'm ahead.

[KCinBR]

when the pin isproberly inserted it will stick out a little on both sides............GOOD JOB MAN

[Zeke]

Glad you got it in. If you had the padal ass'y on the bench, you could have heated the pedal arm at the base where the pn goes in.