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Hi Guys,

I though I would share this info as it may help someone else, along with some pix...

First of all in the photos you can see the old Fork - Release Shaft" and the new Genuine one from Ford, you can also see a "Spring Dowel Pin", which was given to me for FREE from a local "old style" independent car part shop, after having purchased the new shaft from ford for, as mentioned above, about £90.00, I happen to go to a local engineering place with a friend this morning, and brought the old and new part with me, so that I could ask for some advise, turns out the pin is not pressed or welded in, but simply slotted into place, and being a "Spring" Dowel Pin, it holds it self into place once tapped in, the pin can be cut to size, and you can therefore use 1 x pin to replace both of those on vehicles that have both like the MK6, but if I am not wrong, I have seen that the MK4/5 seems to have only 1 pin, but obviously the principle is the same.

In conclusion, I will install the new one in the car, as I have it now, and the forks on the old one seem to have a little bit of wear, although the engineering place said that the forks are still strong and the car would probably do another 60,000 mile if not more on the old one, once the pins are replaced, I will fix the old one and place it for sell, maybe someone else can make use of it, as apparently those parts are becoming rare.

As usual, any comments are welcome, and I hope this post can help other people
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