Hello guys,
this is a superbe tip from the hints and tips section over at classic
lightweights website
"I have just been browsing your website hints and tips section and noticed
there was a small piece on cotter pin removal. I know there are (rather
expensive) specialised tools for this but a Machine Mart car ball joint
splitter at just over £8 works reliably with little effort and no damage.
See
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/
Hope this helps
Ciao
Raffaele Stockholm, Sweden
On 06/12/2007, Harvey Sachs <hmsachs@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> Peter Jourdain wrote, in the context of selling an Ideor Asso frame
> <snip>:
>
> PLEASE NOTE: It will take me a couple of extra days
> before I ship this, as I have to get my mechanic to
> pull the cotter pins on the cranks. I don't have a
> press and don't want to do the old "hammer job" on
> this.
>
> ++++++++++++++
>
> Before someone gave me a Var press, for a couple of decades I used a
> very simple jig to do this. It's major disadvantage was that it required
> an assistant to hold the frame. Basically, just build a support for the
> crank arm, with a recess for the cotter, and hammer away (using driver
> to contact the cotter itself. I made mine with a ~12" - 30 cm 2x2 piece
> of wood, just long enough to lift the bike a bit off the ground, so
> crank arm would rest on the board with the bike slightly off the floor.
> Top end was rounded to a cylinder, to get closer to the right side, and
> drilled for the cotter. I used a radiator clamp around this, to keep the
> wood from splitting under load. Bottom anchored to a flat board to keep
> it erect. Now, I'd do it differently: 12" pipe set on flange screwed to
> board- hardware store items. Brass washer on top to minimize marring the
> crank arm. hope this is clear.
>
> harvey sachs
> mcLean va.