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Have you tried cotter rings?

CWM

I don't like ring dings... they can work themselves lose
and/or catch
on things too.

Not the good ones.

The good ones? Please explain.



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Jonathan Ganz wrote:
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One thing to be wary of is re-using cotter pins. They tend
to break
from being bent/straightened and fall out.

Right. Also, nylon locknuts should not be reused too often.

Well, that's for sure. I wouldn't reuse them at all.


The intermolecular polybond is stressed during usage.
They are meant to be a single use product.

Ganz is right.
You endanger yourself if it is a critical application.

Their economy is designed to imply this.

But they look like food to too many lifeforms.
I would avoid them for environmental reasons.
They are a consumer society product.

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Mowe Z. Slowley wrote:
Jonathan Ganz wrote:
I've been thinking about what a rigger told me recently about cotter
pins. He made an interesting suggestion to replace the accessible
cotter pins (ones that don't sit right up against the turnbuckle faces
for example) with SS screws and nylon locknuts.

I did this on my backstay turnbuckle (will post a picture later on
today), and it seems like a pretty clean installation. I don't like
using tape, and these particular cotter pins seem to catch on whatever
comes near them (e.g., lines I hang on the pushpit while underway),
and I couldn't really get them to curl properly. So, I figures what
the heck. There don't appear to be any shearing issues, and I can
always keep cotter pins on hand if I need them I suppose.

Anyone try this? Comments?

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Dude, you netkkkopped me instead of talking to me.

If you had talked to me, you would have reserved the right to
legitimately complain.

Now you have lost it.


Go figgure.

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On Mar 28, 8:37 pm, "Scotty" w@u wrote:
"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in



Right. Also, nylon locknuts should not be reused too
often.

Well, that's for sure. I wouldn't reuse them at all.

I'm curious, what size bolt ( machine screw) are you going
to use?

SBV

Small machine screws I bet.
Jon should use pins, the parcel and serve the buckles.

Joe

"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message
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Scotty u@w wrote:

"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message
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Charlie Morgan wrote:

Have you tried cotter rings?

CWM

I don't like ring dings... they can work themselves
lose
and/or catch
on things too.

Not the good ones.

The good ones? Please explain.

the ones that don't work loose or catch on stuff.

SBV

"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in

Right. Also, nylon locknuts should not be reused too
often.

Well, that's for sure. I wouldn't reuse them at all.


I'm curious, what size bolt ( machine screw) are you going
to use?

SBV

In article , Scotty u@w wrote:

"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in

Right. Also, nylon locknuts should not be reused too
often.

Well, that's for sure. I wouldn't reuse them at all.


I'm curious, what size bolt ( machine screw) are you going
to use?

Well, that's an interesting story. So, I decided to give it a try on
one of the stays. I pulled the pin on the top of the buckle, and no
problem putting a 6-32 in there. I tried the bottom, but it wouldn't
go. I thought this is odd. Why would a turnbuckle have two different
size holes... so I figured it was an anomoly and moved to the second
of three (three stays per side). Same deal. Fits on the top, doesn't
fit on the bottom. I tried all six. Same deal.

What's up? Any idea?

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In article om,
Joe wrote:
On Mar 28, 8:37 pm, "Scotty" w@u wrote:
"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in



Right. Also, nylon locknuts should not be reused too
often.

Well, that's for sure. I wouldn't reuse them at all.

I'm curious, what size bolt ( machine screw) are you going
to use?

SBV

Small machine screws I bet.
Jon should use pins, the parcel and serve the buckles.

Why?


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In article , Scotty u@w wrote:

"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message
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In article ,
Scotty u@w wrote:

"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message
...
In article
,
Charlie Morgan wrote:

Have you tried cotter rings?

CWM

I don't like ring dings... they can work themselves
lose
and/or catch
on things too.

Not the good ones.

The good ones? Please explain.

the ones that don't work loose or catch on stuff.

Oh, you mean the ring dings that are not tapered. Hard to find in the
same quality SS. I can find them at ACE, but doubt they're the same
grade.


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On Mar 29, 1:54 am, (Jonathan Ganz) wrote:
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Joe wrote:
On Mar 28, 8:37 pm, "Scotty" w@u wrote:
"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in

Right. Also, nylon locknuts should not be reused too
often.

Well, that's for sure. I wouldn't reuse them at all.

I'm curious, what size bolt ( machine screw) are you going
to use?

SBV

Small machine screws I bet.
Jon should use pins, the parcel and serve the buckles.

Why?

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Cuz thats the right way to do it.

Joe