hey brushcutter, did you ever get a chance to rockwell a shift pin? i bought a set a few weeks back and measured them before i put them in. they are the same diameter as the shank on a bowman 1/4-20 bolt... just wondering how they compare from a hardness standpoint. if they are similar, it would be easy to cut a bolt and round the ends a little bit to make a few spare pins. i don't have access to a rockwell tester right now so i can't look into it myself.
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