take off the big nut - already off? the flat is to position that little pointy stop piece at the top end of the post - once that spring stuff comes off it should move up and down enough to slip the top pin out of it's hole .... the rivets seen to the right are the ones that need to come off the post to replace the post rubber and felt

Bill

Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics