Andy Tillinghast in the Facebook group Vanagon Cafe posted his repair. It's even more overkill as they installed a beating instead of a bushing. I'll attach the pic for you to see but the Listserv will strip the attachment.

BenT

> On Jul 23, 2016, at 11:35 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote:
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> Between other things , I futzed around with my spare pop top lifting bar assembly this week. Little stainless steel shaft and a bronze bushing to fix the worn out hinge joint.
> Just adding one more version of what others have done.
> 
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> Alistair