First successful unpinning

[Justino14]

I thought I'd make a post because most of the information about how to unpin a straight razor I got from these forums. I was successful at my first attempt, and I consider myself lucky because I know a few things could have went wrong. The route I went was using a pair of flush cutters and a 1/16 pin-punch, because I thought that would be the easiest method for myself. Besides a drill, I don't own any power tools, no drill press or anything like that. Basically I was able to cut the head of the pin off, and than punch it through (I made a hole in a piece of wood to support the punching). The pin was bent, that's probably why it was kinda loose in 1 section and tight in another when opening and closing the razor. The main reason for unpinning was to mostly fix the scales (they were very warped, which I know is common for Red Imps), and it has made it a lot easier to clean up the razor as well. I was pretty proud that I didn't break the scales.

I had a few questions for you guys. I had a generally plan to pin the razor back up but had a few things I was wondering about.

1. The old pin that I cut off is thicker than a 1/16 inch rod that I was/am going to use, is it still fine to use a 1/16 inch rod to pin the razor? In other words, the old stock pin is thicker than 1/16, can you use 1/16 rod to pin any razor?

2. Do I need to glue 1 side of the wedge back, or would pinning suffice? I noticed there was a glue-like smudge on the wedge although it basically just fell apart when I unpinned it.

3. 2 washers came out from the inside part of the hinge end, I assume I would put those back in or put new ones in the inside? I basically purchased a small pinning kit from Maggards and it included the 1/16 rod, and both types of washers, the wide ones and the smaller ones.