Which of Joe's joint pins are interchangeable? Is the knee and shoulder the same? Elbow and knee the same? Are ANY of them interchangeable?
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Dave, that looks to be a wrist pin in the picture.
What I recall,
Wrist and Ankle are the same.
Knee pegs look similar but are larger than the elbow. Both larger than the wrist pegs.
The bicep peg has no place for a rivet and is just a pin that holds the two parts together.
Hope that helps- Scott
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Originally posted by TNshooter View PostDoes anyone know the sizes of tubular rivets for replacement? My one Joe from my childhood has very loose knees and can't stand on his own. If I know what size to get to replace them, I would be GREATLY appreciative.
Daryl
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I picked up some punches a bit ago, in the hopes of tightening the ones my Joe has. I'm just afraid of busting his knees. When I was a kid, I had an older cousin that would visit, Everytime he folded my Action Soldier and stuffed in under the hood
of my 5 Star Jeep. He was twice my size and not nice. But my mother insisted he visit me in my room. Since he is my only remaining Joe from my childhood, I want to make him a soldier again, that can stand on his own. I plan to get a new elastic
kit from Cotswold, after I'm able to fix his knees. I appreciate any help anyone can give me.
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Originally posted by TNshooter View PostI picked up some punches a bit ago, in the hopes of tightening the ones my Joe has. I'm just afraid of busting his knees. When I was a kid, I had an older cousin that would visit, Everytime he folded my Action Soldier and stuffed in under the hood
of my 5 Star Jeep. He was twice my size and not nice. But my mother insisted he visit me in my room. Since he is my only remaining Joe from my childhood, I want to make him a soldier again, that can stand on his own. I plan to get a new elastic
kit from Cotswold, after I'm able to fix his knees. I appreciate any help anyone can give me.
Put the head of the rivet against something protective like leather belt, non-corrugated cardboard or a soft pine board and gently tap the flared side to tighten it in small increments using a punch of the same diameter as the outside flared width of the rivet. The rivets are aluminum and don't require much force to change shape.
Generally, you are more likely to break something trying to hammer out rivets than tweak the old ones.
I wouldn't buy a restringing kit as those have you re-rivet the thigh. Just buy elastic and two small hooks instead of using the crimped solid loops. The original stringing design is great for factory production, not for restoration.
Last edited by RX-79G; 08-27-2018, 12:30 AM.
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Originally posted by Myles_Falworth View PostI tried replacing two dried and broken KFG hands on a vintage Joe, and the pegs on those are way bigger than the replacement hands I got from Cotswold. The new hands just fell off!
If we are talking about the peg and the forearms, I'm wondering if some Action Man parts got substituted? The wrist pegs are a different diameter (I think AM are bigger).
Is it possible one or the other parts are AM, not GI Joe?
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Originally posted by ATC View PostWhich of Joe's joint pins are interchangeable? Is the knee and shoulder the same? Elbow and knee the same? Are ANY of them interchangeable?
The one you show is quite clearly a foot peg from its wide loop.
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Originally posted by RX-79G View Post
What fell off? The pegs fell out of the forearms, or the pins fell out of the hands?
If we are talking about the peg and the forearms, I'm wondering if some Action Man parts got substituted? The wrist pegs are a different diameter (I think AM are bigger).
Is it possible one or the other parts are AM, not GI Joe?
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Originally posted by Myles_Falworth View Post
The pegs fell out of the forearms. The Joe is definitely a Joe. So the pegs on the Cots hands were smaller. I put a nosepicker right hand on him, and it fit perfectly. So now I'm in the market for a left hard hand.
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Thanks RX-79G for the tips on tightening the rivets.
Originally posted by RX-79G View Post
I wouldn't buy a restringing kit as those have you re-rivet the thigh. Just buy elastic and two small hooks instead of using the crimped solid loops. The original stringing design is great for factory production, not for restoration.
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Originally posted by Myles_Falworth View Post
The pegs fell out of the forearms. The Joe is definitely a Joe. So the pegs on the Cots hands were smaller. I put a nosepicker right hand on him, and it fit perfectly. So now I'm in the market for a left hard hand.
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