Can cotter pins be re-installed? If you do, do they need to be filed, generally?
On Friday, May 14, 2010, M-gineering <info@m-gineering.nl> wrote:
> verktyg wrote:
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> One other thing that I forgot about the devil's spawn, If the angles on the cotters weren't closely matched and/or the cotter holes in the crank arms were not accurately machined, the cranks might not line up 180° apart.
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> We had a bike come in for service once that had cranks off at least 20°! I can't remember if it was due to mismatched crank arms or what.
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> I'd be very surprised if it wasn't due to inserting one of the cotters from the wrong side
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> mvg
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> Marten Gerritsen
> Kiel Windeweer
> Netherlands
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