Patent ID: 8607753

Claim:
A switchable finger lever for a valve drive of an internal combustion engine, comprising an interior lever, enclosed by the arms of an exterior lever, with one of the levers comprising at a top side a running surface for at least one large cam and with the levers being connected optionally via a coupling as well as being connected via a common axle extending through bores in the levers so that they are pivotal in reference to each other, the axle projects at least at one exterior side of the exterior lever with a stub, with the stub being encompassed by a coil section of a pivot pin spring, with a first leg projecting from an end of the coil section acting upon the exterior lever and a second leg projecting from another end of the coil section acting on the interior lever in a direction of rotation such that the levers are pre-loaded in reference to each other, with the coil section encompassing a bush located on an exterior casing of the stub, the bush includes a bore and encompasses the stub with a clearance fit, and for fixing the axle in position, an annular groove is located inside the bore of the bush adjacent to at least one exterior face of the bush, and a safety ring is located in the annular groove and in a radially inward, opposite annular groove in the exterior casing of the stub such that the axle can be disassembled without destruction.