SKS takedown lever replacement

[compass]

A friend's SKS takedown lever broke, so I ordered another one from Marstar. I have received the new takedown lever and the little pin. The takedown lever has a hole straight through for the pin. The pin is a short straight piece with a knub at the end. I am not quite sure how to secure the pin to the takedown lever.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you.

 

[pc9]

Pound it in with a hammer.

 

[fraserdw]

Pound it in with a hammer.

This, sorta, ensurely that the pin will not come out by curling the non knub end.

 

[Dad003]

dont forget to put the lever first in the sks and hten put the pin , you can use some plier to hold the pin and a hammer to push it in the hole

 

[fraserdw]

dont forget to put the lever first in the sks and hten put the pin , you can use some plier to hold the pin and a hammer to push it in the hole

Sound advice

 

[compass]

This, sorta, ensurely that the pin will not come out by curling the non knub end.

Thanks for the advice guys. I did try to pound it in with a hammer once the takedown lever was in it's proper place in the gun. It seemed to work until i started to dremel the other end of the pin because it was protruding out too much. The pin essentially dropped out. I remember reading somewhere that a recommended approach was to "stipple" (correct term?) by gently hammering the shaft of the pin in multiple places all around, creating shallow dimples inthe metal, I then have it a good hit twice, and it seemed to take. I dremelled the rest, and it seemed to stay. We'll see after a range visit.

Thanks again everyone.