Originally Posted by
MikeT
I haven't had much luck tapping the pins to adjust the blade positioning, most likely because of what RezDog said, it only moves a bit.
Thrust washers are great because they can adjust the blade in more than one way. When blades are off they are either off from side to side because of the pivot holes, a curved blade or a twisted blade, all of which I've had to deal with. Thrust washers worked. There more than one way to make them, with nylon washers as they said, or how I've done it before with a regular pivot washer laid at the needed angle on top of j.b. weld. I've also un-pinned and filled with epoxy and re-drilled. But that can be a pain because it's likely to have a different strength/density than the scale material and the drill will likely wander.
Hope this helps, sorry if i presented redundant info..