REFLECTOR: Cotter Pin for drive gear on Mag?

[Kevin Baker]

Thank you
I appreciate the help.
Kevin Baker

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On Nov 3, 2012, at 5:14 PM, <gstull at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

> Don't bother with a stainless pin, it's hard enough to bend the cotter pin over. The reality is any cotter pin will retain the nut. I've never seen a cotter pin sheared whether mild or stainless steel. 
> ---- Kevin Baker <flykb at verizon.net> wrote: 
>> 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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