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my old shoes have it but it is just pressed into the pad so tight it doesn't move.. so i have to use a vice or something to press new pin into new shoe. I'll be outside trying to force it in for a while.
what i ended up doing was vice grips to get it seated then lay it down to where i can bang on it without it warping and use a screw driver and hammer to drive it in till flush.
You should buy the brake tools, not much money, I forget.
But since you want to be a DIY'er, its something to keep in tool box for future.
Last summer I did same. Googled it up and got what I needed. Theres several you tube videos you can view.
luck
I hit record and thought i recorded how to do it the hard way but it did not record. I'm guessing if you buy cheap brakes the pin to hold the ebrake cable is not connected.