Fuel injection pump control lever construction

In a fuel injection pump control lever construction having a rotatable and axially movable positioning element (21);

• a control lever assembly including a movable control lever (21) having a plate or sheet-like portion, connected to and controlling the position of a fluid distribution element (25, 26), a retaining element (11) movably retaining said control lever, resilient means (15, 17) engaging said control lever for resilient contact thereof with the positioning element, and a bolt (18) of wear-resistant material secured to the control lever (12) to provide a surface of wear-resistant material for engagement with the rotatable and axially movable positioning element (21),
• a method to secure said bolt (18) to said plate-like portion of the control lever, comprising
• placing the plate-like portion of the control lever in the region of the attachment of said bolt to the lever over a cavity die (30);
• and punch-fitting the bolt into the lever by punching out a punch disk by the bolt and utilizing said bolt as the punch element to simultaneously punch the opening into the plate-like portion of said control lever (12) while seating the bolt therein and retaining the bolt in the thus formed opening.