Copal SV cocking shaft pin

[johnnyrod]

I am trying to finish the repair of my Konica S, but am having trouble separating the shutter. The cocking shaft has a pin in the side which engages with the winder in the camera. This makes it too big to pass through the hole in the shutter baseplate. I have read on the internet that the pin should push out with pliers, but it will neither push nor turn. Any ideas on how this should be done? Many thanks.

 

[johnnyrod]

Well apparently it is supposed to push out, though I'm still not sure from which side, but on a few of these they can be very stiff - like mine. I have managed to get it back together with the pin in place, though it was far from easy. Success was short-lived however as the shutter isn't firing for some reason, probably displaced something when the cocking shaft lifted too high from the baseplate, but need to work it out. Then I nearly trashed the escapement by taking the wrong screw out... but thankfully pulled it back. This is turning into an epic repair job, I hope it's worth it!