Is a clevis pin the same in the USA as England or has my buying aircraft spec
Clevis pins americanised my terminology?
I use aircraft clevis pins because you can get the correct height - neither
to long nor to short but just right.
Daniel1312
In a message dated 09/08/03 18:09:00 Pacific Daylight Time,
spritenut@Exit109.com writes:
>
> Guy Weller wrote:
> > Cotter pin
> > Is a small cylindrical solid pin, usually tapered or with a wedge face.
>
> > The metal folded pin that goes through a castellated nut is a called split
> > pin, not a cotter pin in the UK
>
>
> Guy
>
> That makes pefect sense. Somewhere along the way the US made the change.
> I knew the UK called tapered pins "cotter" .
> What I want to know is, over here we call piston/rod pins "wrist" pins
> You call them "gudgeon" pins. Thinking about how it works, it makes
> sense to call it a "wrist" pin, so what is a gudgeon?
> Not that it really matters, we did get all of our language,
> measurements, and some of the weights from you folks when you settled
> the colonies. And some great cars too ;)
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