Originally Posted by francophile

Hard lesson to learn. This is just one of many quirks from days past, don't sweat it.

I realized after-the-fact that the repair thread is actually this one - see post 2. But I swear there's another one. [MENTION=185430]dddd[/MENTION] actually puts out another good one. Combine the method [MENTION=61614]verktyg[/MENTION] suggests with a tapered punch and what [MENTION=185430]dddd[/MENTION] is showing, you probably have a winner.

I've also had some luck hammering the washer on an anvil to close the hole a bit.

Another thread popped up on this topic in the past. Another Simplex SX10 problem

But I swear there was yet another on this... I guess maybe one of us needs to create a "repairing Simplex pivot bolts" thread eh? Combine all this into one place.