I noted that these pins were a tight fit into the triangle anchors but not so much to be an issue and they definitely loosened up a bit with a few cycles.
But when I tried to attach a belt end, it was so tight I had to clamp the whole thing down to get it apart- far too tight to be usable.
I measured the pin and it is dead on 10mm OD, so I have to assume that the belt end is essentially exactly this ID.
Does anyone else have any experience with using a 10mm pin (which at the very least would, I assume, include everyone outside the US)?
I am using 3/8" pins at the moment, but I do not like the sloppiness.
I ordered some 10mm clevis pins for a different project and tried them out on the M4- these work They are a snug fit but not at all too tight in both the printed corner anchors and the cable ends. They have notably less slack than the 3/8" pins.
I measured them and they are just slightly under 10mm- I measure 9.82mm.
I realize I failed to point out that the clevis pins I got are essentially a variant of the “Not-so-Fancy Pins” in the Not Shop- different vendor and longer (which is what I needed for something else).
I went ahead and ordered one of the specific pins listed in the Not Shop and it’s basically perfect- a snug but not overly tight fit in both the triangle anchors and the belt ends.
The OD measures out as 9.92mm.
TLDR- “10mm” pins vary enough in diameter to be an issue.