Help, need info on awning top mount pivot

Take the pin to Lowe's or Home Despot and purchase a bolt and a self locking nut of the same diameter or slightly smaller diameter and longer, I see on the first picture that the part broke off, for ease of manufacturing and saving costs they use long rivets.

There are always simple solutions to complicated problems, any rivet that acts as a hinge can be replaced by a bolt and nut.

navegator

I think it's a single piece (as opposed to a pin & rivet) with a spreading type end. Might be able to find a similar pin at a good hardware store, but I'd likely just use a nice stainless bolt and locknut, or a correctly sized roll pin that would fit into the hole tightly.

navegator wrote:
Can you take some photos of the broken part from several angles and the new part, this gives us a heads up to be able to help you.

navegator

Looks to me that a rivet goes in the end of the pin,

mine are either too big or too small.

pardon the links, but photos must have been too big to load.


the original end of pin

https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=D1B15CAC9523DD53&id=d1b15cac9523dd53%21572&v=3


the new pin

https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=D1B15CAC9523DD53&id=d1b15cac9523dd53%21574&v=3

the end of pin

https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=D1B15CAC9523DD53&id=d1b15cac9523dd53%21573&v=3

Can you take some photos of the broken part from several angles and the new part, this gives us a heads up to be able to help you.

navegator