[Shop-talk] DeWalt grinder problem

[Steven Trovato]

This is a fairly specific question, but you guys know everything, 
right?  I have a DeWalt DW402 4 1/2" angle grinder.  There is a pin 
you push in to lock the spindle so you can change the grinding 
wheels.  In the manual it says, do not push this in while the grinder 
is operating, or you will break it.  Well, somebody, couldn't have 
been me, of course, must have done this.  I can still get it to lock 
if I push it in extra far, but it is a pain and is probably on 
borrowed time.  I have looked online and I do not see this pin called 
out as a separate part.  The whole gear case top is $25 and I suppose 
it contains that assembly.  Have any of you ever opened one of these 
things up?  Is it possible to replace just the pin?  Thanks.

-Steve Trovato
strovato at optonline.net