Jesse Browning Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Rebuilding the latches is simple. Open the barrel by grinding or drilling off the crimped end of the rivet. On this particular one, both ends were crimped. Drive the rivet out with a punch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Browning Posted March 9, 2020 Author Share Posted March 9, 2020 The end of this rod was set by a rivet tool. Some Ive seen had a pin to retain the washer. Grind off the peened end, or remove the pin. Then it all comes apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Browning Posted March 9, 2020 Author Share Posted March 9, 2020 (edited) The rod can be center drilled on the lathe in order to form a new peened end, or it can be drilled for a pin. We used a pin on this one. The rod will be about 1/8” shorter than it was before. All the internal parts, including the rod can be discarded and new ones installed. I used stainless rods on mine before. I found that 1/4” lock washers bent flat work perfectly for the washers. A cotter pin can be used, but may not clear the sides of the barrel. Here a piece of heavy wire was used. Edited March 9, 2020 by Jesse Browning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Browning Posted March 9, 2020 Author Share Posted March 9, 2020 The barrel can be reattached to the head with a screw and nut, or rivets can be used like the original build. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M29 Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Thanks for the pictures. I can do this on all my shot hold downs. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Browning Posted March 10, 2020 Author Share Posted March 10, 2020 I used to know where to get the spring. Maybe someone else can chime in on that. Thanks to my son for providing the pictures. I probably would have lost a finger if I had tried that now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZM29C Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Jesse, this company over your way has a large inventory of springs to search through. https://www.centuryspring.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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