It was held on with a spring pin, which I punched out. But then it wouldn't come off, so I hit it with some oil and then started tapping on it. There's a set screw further up the linkage that's suppose to keep everything from slipping, but for whatever reason (wasn't tight enough, wasn't designed to resist the forces I was applying) it didn't. So, even though I wasn't hitting it that hard, every time I was hitting it the linkage was being banged into the main housing. I assume the cast part was either already weak, or was just a brittle material. Lesson learned, but still kind of a shame.
Last edited by Duzzy; 10-31-2018 at 02:36 PM.
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