I believe Thor is the one that started the insults
No he didn't, he just translated a fairly well-known German expression into English a little loosely, which may have left it open to misinterpretation. It was you who insensitively invoked the Holocaust.
Anyway, I guess you have the radius handlepost -
http://www.dahon.com/technology/component/radius.htm
Which part of the mechanism has failed? I have read the thread delineating the problem, but I am still unsure which part you are referring to. Is it the plastic safety, or the hinge itself?