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Cotter pin technique

Agemax said:
by the nature of their design, they are almost impossible to "fall" out. you probably had the incorrect size fitted.....
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I'm pretty good at figuring what size to use on stuff like that. For all I know someone may have "borrowed" it. All I know is I put it in and later on it was gone. Some of them I even wired in place, still after a while it was gone.

A missing pin can kill you. Doesn't matter why its missing, the end result its the same.

No one ever steals cotter pins, and they certainly don't fall out if they are in right.
 
Agemax said:
R clips are the way to go. stainless steel, reusable, wont fall out and come in sizes from tiny caliper pins to the biggest axle nuts.
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I agree...I love R-clips. Easy on, easy off. I think I eventually put one on the rear axle nut of my Z1 (decades ago).
 
Rob S. said:
I agree...I love R-clips. Easy on, easy off. I think I eventually put one on the rear axle nut of my Z1 (decades ago).
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The operative statement/word here is "easy on, easy off", that alone makes me want to keep the cotter pins. Ask GSXR Ed what I did when I found a R clip/pin in his front axle nut. OH, and I found a piece of wire in the place of a cotter pin in one of his rear brake torque arm bolts. PO must have put it there, Ed never knew it was there until the other nite.
 
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So you guys go out on a ride with an R-clip on the rear spindle, and when you come back it's gone?

I've never had an R-clip fail on me (or a cotter pin).
 
Rob S. said:
So you guys go out on a ride with an R-clip on the rear spindle, and when you come back it's gone?

I've never had an R-clip fail on me (or a cotter pin).
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I've never used nor will I use a R clip on a axle nut or replace a cotter pin used on any motorcycle component with a R clip. The R clips I've used have been on agricultural machinery and we are talking all sizes of R clips. I've seen them disappear.
 
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