Cotter pins
12-27-11, 12:28 PM
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Cotter pins
My Royal Enfield Revelation is back from powder-coating and looking really smart. Now if I could just get the cotter pins back in, I could ride it. As my only previous vintage bike was more of a modification process than a restoration, I have never had to get cotter pins in (had enough issues getting them out). Whats the best way about it?
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Buy new cotter pins. Good ones, and the bikesmith cotter pin press. Forum members swear by it.
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Thanks for posting that link. There is more info on the subject and budget options here: https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...6-Cotter-Press
If it's in the budget, buying a good tool that will last a lifetime is a joy, you can hardly ever go wrong doing that.
If it's in the budget, buying a good tool that will last a lifetime is a joy, you can hardly ever go wrong doing that.
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Yeah, sure. If you can find good ones! They're pretty soft these days.
They usually need to be filed a bit to go in right. Tap them in then bring the nut up tight, don't try and pull them in with the nut. The pins on each side need to oppose each other or the arms won't be level.
Tap and tighten again after you've ridden it a little.
They usually need to be filed a bit to go in right. Tap them in then bring the nut up tight, don't try and pull them in with the nut. The pins on each side need to oppose each other or the arms won't be level.
Tap and tighten again after you've ridden it a little.
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On the thrifty version, Harbor Freight has their chain tool on sale right now, $9.99. Print off a 20% off coupon and a free item of your choice coupon, on slickdeals. I did this yesterday, $7.99, plus free work gloves. Note, I bet the HF sale ends 12/31, so if you want to save, move fast.
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While I'm sure the press is a good tool, I've somehow survived 45 years of working on bikes without one. But I only work on 1 or 2 cottered crank bikes a year the last 35 or so years...
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12-28-11, 04:37 PM
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Press to get them out, you need nothing to fit them.
But, You may need to file the taper to get them right .
The nut is just to keep them in place, a couple taps with a hammer will set them
if they have been prepared to fit.
But, You may need to file the taper to get them right .
The nut is just to keep them in place, a couple taps with a hammer will set them
if they have been prepared to fit.
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