aka Tom Reingold
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Posts: 40,509
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
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I rarely get them out without destroying them, so I rarely put them "back" in. Anyway, putting them back in involves pounding them in with a hammer. Of course, you have to support the bottom bracket with something such as a block of wood so the shock doesn't go to the bearings. The cotter may not be the right thickness, so you have to bang it in part-way, bang it out, file it, bang it in. Repeat until it fits, then bang it in all the way.
It's one of the most annoying jobs on a bike.