REFLECTOR: Cotter Pin for drive gear on Mag?

Kevin Baker flykb at verizon.net
Fri Nov 2 17:25:52 CDT 2012


Hi All,
For those A&P folk out there...
1) What type of cotter pin is acceptable to us on the gear drive/castle 
nut on the end of a magneto?
     (ie - stainless steel only? or cad plated or ?) Didn't know if 
there were certain metals (ie- pins made out of x) that would be acceptable.

2) I know there is little clearance over the end of the gear so is it 
better to bend the cotter key over the end of the mag spendle
     or is it ok to use the alternative method of bending the pin around 
the castle nut (ie- around the axis to the next spade on the castle nut)?

Thanks,
Kevin Baker


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