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I found this video too recently and I love it. Honestly I'm pretty jealous of that guy's job, I've loved steam locos since I was probably 3. As far as the cotter pin debate goes, I bend either one or both legs depending on the situation. Usually I only bend one leg of very large pins, but bend both on smaller ones. Never had an issue. They usually aren't supporting any side load anyways. Especially like a cotter pin through a castle nut.
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You missed a few in that second vid.
Look again at 3:06, 3:38 up and just left of his glove - the bottom cotter pin, 5:09, 5:39 the one on the pivot for the brake shoe, 7:08 up and right of the sander tube, 8:26 the upper door pivot nut, 8:54 the u-joint nut in the water valve shaft, 18:48 back under and to the right of the radiator copper vent pipe.
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Next to the baro debate we now have the cotter pin leg debate There is no humanity!
All I know is if they only want one leg bent why do cotter pins have 2 legs? That question ranks right up there with the infamous kinda unsolved JFK assassination! Or the Ginger/Mary Ann debate! WE NEED ANSWERS!
All I know is if they only want one leg bent why do cotter pins have 2 legs? That question ranks right up there with the infamous kinda unsolved JFK assassination! Or the Ginger/Mary Ann debate! WE NEED ANSWERS!
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At least the worst sin of bending both legs in the same direction was not committed. A gentle Y is the ideal, over a washer.
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Yup, less bending equals less work hardening at the bends.
But sometimes the legs have to be bent completely out of the way so they don't catch on clothing, work gloves, or other pieces of equipment. As can be seen with some of the pins near the hand controls that have the legs wrapped tight around the clevis pins.
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But sometimes the legs have to be bent completely out of the way so they don't catch on clothing, work gloves, or other pieces of equipment. As can be seen with some of the pins near the hand controls that have the legs wrapped tight around the clevis pins.
Paul
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Have you checked the price of good duct tape to stop all those bleeding fingers ?
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