> any suggestions for a fix?  i guess i should just head to the junkyard
> and pull another one apart.

I glued in a piece of thin plastic (from a bread bag clip) so that the
shaft could not work its way out.  If you need a digi-pic I can try and
get a photo of what I did.

On a similar note, In fiddling with my odometer, I accidentally turned it
from 200,000 kms to 300,000 kms.  Does anyone know how to rotate
the odo numbers so that I can get back to 200,000??  thanks,
Malcolm