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Old Nov 14, 2020 | 09:18 AM
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How necessary is this pin for neutral safety switch adjustment? I'm embarrassed to admit I broke mine off.
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Old Nov 14, 2020 | 11:44 AM
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it runs the actual switch
Also, it's nothing really special, IIRC it's just a pressed in roll-pin (split pin) which you should be able to get at a good hardware supplier

If you can't get a pin and press it back in you should be able to push/drill what's left of yours out and then get a small nut/bolt that just fits nice into the switch tab, pass it through the shifter and loctite the nut in place, I believe there's a bit of a gap between the switch and shifter that will allow the nut to clear. You can't run a bolt through everything and put the nut on the outside as it needs to rotate a bit in the switch as it moves through it's range
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Old Nov 14, 2020 | 11:47 AM
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You can see it sticking through the black tang from the switch here



Here's when I rebuilt mine
shifter cleanup
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Old Nov 14, 2020 | 12:50 PM
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Mooser, your write up was super helpful! Ha Ha, I'll be attending the meeting for sure.
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