Hinge pin and hinge pin tool

A hinge pin construction for use in connecting the aligned hinge eyes of a first and second plurality of alternately arranged splice clips which first and second plurality of splice clips are respectively connected to opposed free ends of a belt or the like to make the belt continuous including in combination a plurality of hinge pin bushings arranged end to end and extending through the aligned hinge eyes of the first and second plurality of splice clips, each of said hinge pin bushings having a bore extending therethrough and having a given length, first and second hinge pin termination bushings located at opposite ends of said arranged hinge pin bushings, a flexible cable having first and second end portions and extending through said bores in said arranged hinge pin bushings, said cable having a smaller diameter than said bores and being unattached to said hinge pin bushings to permit rotation of said hinge pin bushings on said cable, said first and second end portions of said flexible cables being respectively fixedly connected to said first and second hinge pin termination bushings, said given length of a hinge pin bushing being long enough to span the length of at least three aligned and adjacent hinge eyes, the ends of said hinge pin bushings being chamfered and the total of said given lengths of said hinge pin bushings being slightly less than the length of said cable between the ends of said first and second hinge pin termination bushings, and means connected to said first and second hinge pin termination bushings to retain and locate the splice clips on said hinge pin.