[GreenKeys] Function Lever Replacement - How to Remove the Shaft?

[Jordan Spencer Cunningham]

Never mind. As usual, I figured it out on my own after waiting twelve hours
to cool off and try some different approaches. The shaft slid out pretty
easily once I found a small enough screwdriver and tapped it with a hammer
against the end of the shaft as far as the angle would allow, thereafter
using the screwdriver sideways from another angle to push the shaft far
enough out where I could pull it with pliers from the other end.

Perhaps I should start holding the messages in which I ask for help in
queue until I've tried working on the problem for at least three days so as
to stop spamming the group.

--Jordan

On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 9:31 PM, Jordan Spencer Cunningham <js at cunni.co>
wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Still hacking away at my machines (progress is good) and was hoping for
> some advice on a bit that I can't get past.
>
> I'm currently in the process of trying to replace a function lever on a
> Model 19.
>
> The old function lever just has a notch cut out of it so it can hinge on
> the shaft but be easily removed without sliding out the shaft. However, the
> new function lever has a hole through it for the shaft to go through,
> meaning I have to pull the shaft out of the way, put the function lever in
> place, and then shove the shaft through it back into place. I don't even
> need (or want) to remove the shaft completely-- I just need to slide it out
> about an inch.
>
> I am finding it very difficult to budge the shaft out at all. I've
> unscrewed both screws on either side of the shaft, but I still cannot get
> it to budge. It is a small space and is thus difficult to get a tool in
> there in the first place, but no tool I've tried is working. It seems I
> just need more brute force, or perhaps there is a hidden screw somewhere
> still holding the shaft fast.
>
> Is there some kind of trick to doing this properly? I haven't found
> anything regarding this in the manuals yet.
>
> Thanks, as always.
>
> --Jordan
>
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