Hand break pivot pin

Only one more part to remove before sending the body to the media blaster. So far things have gone fairly smooth. I've of course ruined some minor parts while disassembling the bus. This can't be helped when you are a novice at restoring.
Any way the hand break seems to be the last part standing. This is because of the pivot pin. Which has come to my attention as "the dreaded hand brake pivot pin".

This thread says it all, I love thesamba.com it has everything. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6611843#6611843

I did end up cutting the pivot pin as recommended by samba forum. I used a grinder and almost cut my arm off as for the tight angle I had to work under. So I will have to drill the pin  out of the hand break arm, and get a new pin. Looks like they can be had as mentioned in the forum or they are pretty easy for a shop to fabricate.