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Reply to "Need Advice: Mechanical Repair of Lionel JLC Hudson #8210"

Thanks very much for that information.

Yet, here is my installation problem.

If you take a look at the linkage set on Ebay that KoolJock pointed us to, you will see that the linkage at the bottom of the picture is what I need.   I would love to buy that and simply install it.

Attaching the linkage to the center wheel is easy.  The eccentric crank gets attached by a nice phillips head screw.

But, if you take a look at the other end of the linkage, you will see that it has fairly large round hole.   This end gets attached to the frame/motor unit by what looks like a large pin with a really large round head.   Here is a picture of my engine, showing the top of the linkage attached.  The big round head is in the center of the picture:



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No problem, you might say.  Just pull out that pin.

But the problem is, that the pin isn't really a pin.   It looks for all of the world like a 4 penny nail.   This "nail" goes through the hole in the top of the linkage, and then through two holes in metal housings, and then comes out the back, inside of the housings.     What keeps the nail from pulling out?   A nut? A c-clamp?  Nope.  The end of the nail is bent sideways at a 45 degree angle.  Here is a picture.  You can see the nail as it comes through the housings, with the bend on the end.  (You can also see the nail that comes in from the other side of the engine, which holds the linkage on that side).



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Sorry to say, that there is no possible way to pull or maneuver these nails out with the 45 degree bend holding them in.   I thought perhaps that they were made of soft aluminum, and that for the one I have to pull, I could just bend the end straight with a set of needle nose pliers and pull it out.  No way.  It seems to be strong steel and will not bend with the pliers.

So, there is my problem.    I can't get the nail out.

I can (maybe) cut the back of the nail off, flush with housing, using a dremel wheel, but I cringe at thinking about all of the metal filings and dust falling into the unit.       

Does anybody have any ideas?     Does anybody have a parts list, showing the big headed pin?   I would be interested in knowing if the part is a straight pin, and the installer then has to bend the back of it. 

If I can somehow cut and get this pin out, I guess I could replace it with a 4 penny aluminum nail.   The end of the aluminum nail should not be too hard to bend.

Thanks for all ideas and information.

Mannyrock

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