MikeR: Oh, I agree about the bent hinge pins. Once they bend, I just replace them. I don't try to reuse them.
The guy Ron just plain hit something really hard. It wasn't a repeated impact thing cause he is a good driver, it was just a good hard impact!
I guess I will try the silver steel pins if you feel their stronger. But, I've bent them both. Bad part is, I still don't know what the hell I did to do it! Its kind of frustrating, really!