Timeline for Lubricate cotter pin taper? Why or why not?
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| Mar 3 at 8:01 | vote | accept | Nathan Knutson | ||
| Jun 30, 2022 at 15:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackBicycles/status/1542523357492457473 | ||
| Jun 28, 2022 at 18:58 | comment | added | Noise | Nathan, my experience is that they are quite a soft material and that may be why no Lube is recommended. I have a fair few vintage maintenance books at the shop, if i have time tomorrow i’ll see what various authors in various decades had to say on the matter. | |
| Jun 27, 2022 at 22:57 | comment | added | Nathan Knutson | I think generally speaking they're fine to reuse when both are still in good condition, both the taper and the threaded stud. A pretty high percent of the time when one is dealing with them in the first place though, that won't be true. And they generally must be replaced in pairs so the angular relationship of the cranks stays at 180 degrees. | |
| Jun 27, 2022 at 21:08 | comment | added | Criggie♦ | Is there any distinction made between new and old/reused cotter pins? Do they work-harden over time? But Cotter pins would be under tension not compression? | |
| Jun 27, 2022 at 13:21 | comment | added | Ted Hohl | The first bike I ever owned had cottered cranks. That was over fifty years ago and I don't believe I greased them (much less the threads on them), but being <10 yo at the time, I was just beginning to learn. I don't recall them being too difficult to remove. Good question, and nostalgic for me as well. | |
| Jun 27, 2022 at 12:17 | answer | added | abdnChap | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jun 27, 2022 at 3:51 | history | asked | Nathan Knutson | CC BY-SA 4.0 |