Originally Posted by buck mulligan

Thanks for this suggestion. I hate to bug members that aren't participating in the thread, but I'll do it if I run out of ideas. I wouldn't feel too bad about contacting Mark, I suppose, because not only did I just buy a pair of crank cotters from him, I also referred another BF member to him and that member bought two pair of the cotters I recommended. Heck, that's almost a whole $10 in business!

Hmmm. That picture is very interesting. Two things I notice about it - first, it appears to show the rounded side of the axle key oriented to the left. This is almost certainly wrong, I think, because it seems to me that the flats should engage with the notches in the thrust ring, right? Not only does that make intuitive sense, it also fits what I seem to see in the exploded view I've been working from (attached below).

The second thing I notice is that the low gear pawls are oriented such that the side with the sharper angle is oriented to the outside, and the side with the shallower angle is oriented toward the center of the hub. I'm pretty sure that's the opposite of the way mine are oriented right now (I can't say for sure until later tonight or some time tomorrow, when I can get home and open everything up again). Can anyone confirm or deny that this is correct?

Thank you very much for helping - you've given me something to work with.