hmmmmm thats a really interesting idea there Loom, thank you very much for that suggestion. I just hope it can withstand baking in the sun everyday for a few hours, i think this is what weakens these pins overtime.
i will give that a go and hopefully that works.
next mission is removing/cutting/drilling out the rivet that keeps the plastic piece in place. (please dont make this thing a bitch to get out)
will see how this goes and will report back if successful
its weird that no one else or so very few people have this issue. or maybe there just so few people that have rear blinds