Gene, thanks for the help. I had a ophthalmologist appointment in a small city nearby yesterday and I picked a up a new Dorman locking pin at an auto parts store. As I get old I have found that if I l have to let problems ferment for a while before coming up with a possible solution. My options were to leave the pin in and take a BIG chance, get a new pin and replace it, but getting the old one out was going to be hard, I had tried vise grips on it but being a hardened bolt they just slipped, so I finally remembered about welding a nut on to the head of the pin . I had some ⅛ stainless rod and with lots of amps I surprised myself that it stuck. Got the pin out only to find out that the new was the wrong one. So either order a new pin or put the one with the nut welded on it, tried it and it torqued down fine. Good to go, I hope. Thanks again.