cotter

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But before you break out the wrench and cotter pins, it helps to go over some propeller basics to find a good starting point.

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Release the cotter pin from the spindle nut, then remove the nut and washer, and the entire hub should slip off the axle.

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The ring is attached to a light cable which jerks out two cotter pins freeing the flaps of the canvas 'chute-pack.

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As far as anyone could determine, both tragedies resulted from faulty cotter pins, only an inch or two long.

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This consisted of driving a taper pin through both rod and wrist pin and then preventing it from backing out by putting a split cotter through the small end of the tapered locking pin.

From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Pag?, Victor Wilfred