There is also a Cyclo tool made like the VAR. I'm not sure which was first.
Joe Bender-Zanoni
Great Notch, NJ
> In a message dated 1/12/04 1:02:48 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> bcschrader@yahoo.com writes:
> I have overhauled hundreds if not thousands of
> cottered cranks. Certainly not a record, but enough
> so that I have established some methods and theories
> that suit me. They certainly differ from many other
> ideas and opinions but here they are for your reading
> pleasure.
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> First: When installing a cotter pin (or whatever you
> choose to call it) I PRESS it in rather than drive it
> in with a hammer or any other impact method. I don't
> know of anyone who still sells new presses. Park
> discontinued theirs recently. Used presses are
> getting a pretty good price on ebay etc. They are
> generally a heavy duty "C clamp" though I remember
> using some long, two handed, lever presses years ago
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> Bruce makes some good points and I'm near the 1000 club for pins.
> The press is a fine idea, but I've used one just a few times, mostly on
> classic nickled or chromed pins, like the ones on my ordinaries.
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> The press to which Bruce refers is the Var and is a large unit with the
> classic wrinkle-finish green.
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> It's one of the few tools as heavy as some frames.
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> Larry Black
> Mt airy , Md.