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Originally Posted by JERM^
Guys, help. I went and bought a reverse lock out that utilizes the original rolled pin that came with the stock lock out. However at the beginning I didn't have the proper punch key to get it out and after so many attempts my pin has misshapen and cannot be put back in.
If anyone here bought one of those Raceseng lockouts that uses set screws etc. and is no longer in need of the rolled pin that held the stock reverse lock out please let me know. Will show up with a large beverage of will and ethnic background lol.  |
That OEM rolled pin is the offspring of satan himself.
I was using an allan key that fit perfectly into the hole, but after half an hour of enraged banging away at it (nearly missing and smashing my radio/climate control a couple of times with the hammer), it still wasn't budging, and all I managed to do was break a large chunk of plastic off of the OEM lock-out. Cue expletives.
Came into work the next day and asked one of the mechanics at my dealership if he had a punch tool. He did. It took less than 5 minutes with the proper tool, from start to finish, but I'm wondering if I didn't bend the pin a bit like yourself, as the pin will no longer go all the way in and sticks out about 1-2cm from the back of the lock-out. Not enough to bother me, but just enough to scratch my thumb sometimes while shifting.
Good luck with replacing that, dude! I wonder if you could just order a new pin from Subaru or does the lock-out come as a whole piece WITH the pin...?
Which lock-out did you get?