Yes. I was thinking the same thing, knowing what I do now.
Perhaps they had a good reason not to make that hole no deeper than necessary; and with a little bit of play with the pin in the flywheel housing, it was more likely that the pin would be pushed out if accidentally left in.
It just didn't seem to me that 1mm was much of an insertion depth into the straight hole, and I had a local John Deere mechanic tell me the depth was about 3/8", he thought.
I don't have the original pin, but if the end is rounded ( I think it was) or tapered, it is possible it also fits the chamfer region, too, and in that case, the pin could have a 3/8" diameter, indicating I was thinking the wrong way about it.
If I need a substitute pin, I use a section of brass or cheap steel, and not something like grade 8.
This post was edited by chickenfriend at 07:43:51 01/16/13 9 times.
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