Re: [CR] Crank cotter filing

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Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 14:56:25 -0400
From: "John Betmanis" <johnb@oxford.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
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Subject: Re: [CR] Crank cotter filing


On 14/05/2010 12:47 PM, verktyg wrote:
> I remember seeing a bike once with the left crank arm installed backwards!

While on the subject of cottered cranks, what is considered to be the correct direction to insert cotters in the cranks? Both cottered bikes I have here have the nuts leading when the cranks turn in the forward direction. However, from looking at many bikes on the web, I see a fair number that have the cotters inserted in the opposite direction.

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John Betmanis
Woodstock, Ontario
Canada