Accelerator pedal hinge pin removal

Hi,

I need to replace my accelerator pedal but I cant remove the pin. Its a bit rusted in and worn in the middle but should it just knock out with a big hammer?

Do they rust solid inside the hinge?

 

I was similarly afflicted. On Paradox's recommendation I bathed the pin in plus gas and then used a thin pin punch to drift it out. Took a lot of clobbering but it did come out in the end.

 

Yes mine was same, as said , it will come out.

 

Pin punch, good whack, out they come...

 

Yup few good soaks in plus gas a pin punch and some time with the hammer

 

I take it you have bent the little metal tab out of the way that locates in the groove in the centre of the pin?
Most busses these have rotted away so you then replace it with the brazzilian pin which is machined to take circlips on the end

 

Thanks, I'll get a bigger hammer. I cant find any plus gas local to me, seems its wd40 or gt85
The metal center where the spring is has rusted away abit so I cant see any grooves.

I'll pick up a can of this from halfords
Halfords "Shock & Unlock"

 

Looks good. Have a squirt of it under your arms in the morning ...

 

What's supposed to stop it falling out is the coil of the spring around the narrow centre part. Check that's not caught? - they come out either direction

 

I'll try it after my wheatbix snotty

Thanks zed the spring has completly gone along with coiled part, looking at the clamp there is no movement in the pin or any space for it to turn.

 

Hit it harder.

 

yeh give it a tap from both sides then it will decide which way it prefers.

 

Grind the lot out and use a door hinge

 

^this. One of those big ones, like on garage doors. Attach it to the the floor with woodscrews. Sorted !

 

Its not just that when stock they had a little metal tab that located in the centre

http://www.vwheritage.com/vw_spares...ntry_GB.htm?crumbStartPage=2&crumbStartRow=26

They nearly all rot out over time

Rather than replace the tab you fit a brazzilian pin with no centre groove but the ends are machined for circlips

http://www.vwheritage.com/vw_spares...ntry_GB.htm?crumbStartPage=2&crumbStartRow=26

 

I got the lil bugger,

lots of the spray bigger hammer and hit it from the inside out towards the door.
Thanks for the advice

The pedal does not bounce back but more of a lazy spring.

I bought one of these and its not a badfit for mine 73
http://www.justkampers.com/vw-t2-ba...lerator-linkage-rod-for-t2-bay-1973-1976.html

I found these photos for the refit