Originally Posted by
3alarmer
...if you look at the sides of the grinding wheel, I'm certain you will see a flat plane. This is what you use to grind them to full cut before a light filing for finish. Without a bench grinder, I don't think I would ever work on another Peugeot with cotters.
Ha ha, but is that OSHA approved? <jk>
I question whether it's really much faster than me with my 14" bastard file, considering that after grinding, you still need to walk over to the vise and clamp the pin for the finish filing.
Yeah those Peugeots took a really deep "facet" didn't they? We used to buy cotters from Peugeot with that shape in them already, but those'll be long gone now. Other than the hassle of more grinding/filing to get there, I liked the Peugeot shape because the deeper cut made a wider interface, less likely for the spindle to make those notches that you get when the pin isn't in tight enough. All pretty theoretical though since with good quality cotters, just about any angle or depth of cut can be durable enough if installed correctly.
-Mark B