tomilu, I bought a bunch of pins for repairing the upper hinges on these machines - I pull out what's left of the old piece, clean the new pin and the hole with alcohol and set the new pin with JB Weld 2 part epoxy. Very easy fix, if you have the right pin - I had to order 100 of them to get five or six, so you can see, I have a few leftover! :lol:
If you'd like a couple of these pins, PM me with your address and I will put them in the mail to you. :)