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Reversible Belt Buckle Re-staking

It’s a shorter belt with the same failure mode:

Reversible belt buckle - parts
Reversible belt buckle – parts

I clamped the whole affair on a block to align all the parts:

Reversible belt buckle - alignment clamping
Reversible belt buckle – alignment clamping

Drop the pin and spring in place, whack it with a punch, and it’s all good:

Reversible belt buckle - restaked
Reversible belt buckle – restaked

That was easy …