05-08-2019, 08:25 PM
Dad always me to always give the head of the cotter a clout with a decent sized hammer using a long thin drift to get in behind the backing plate & then to gently nip up the resultant looseness in the nut.
Relying on the little nut to pull the cotter in will result in stretching the threads, or what is termed 'necking' where the threaded portion stretches and ultimately snaps.
I'd have tried to whack the cotter out the axle with a small / thin pin punch before stripping the suspension, or cherished suppliers must have replacements, in a pinch an older bicycle shop would also have cotters lying around.
Aye
Greig
Relying on the little nut to pull the cotter in will result in stretching the threads, or what is termed 'necking' where the threaded portion stretches and ultimately snaps.
I'd have tried to whack the cotter out the axle with a small / thin pin punch before stripping the suspension, or cherished suppliers must have replacements, in a pinch an older bicycle shop would also have cotters lying around.
Aye
Greig