cotter
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As far as anyone could determine, both tragedies resulted from faulty cotter pins, only an inch or two long.
From Time Magazine Archive
Release the cotter pin from the spindle nut, then remove the nut and washer, and the entire hub should slip off the axle.
From Time Magazine Archive
Theirs is a world in which every boy matures to master small motors, to understand the importance of the cotter pin.
From Time Magazine Archive
At Tsurumi, outside Yokohama, another cotter pin evidently sheared off the wheel housing of a southbound freight car.
From Time Magazine Archive
The feed motions for cotter drilling may be instantly thrown out of gear when not required, remaining at rest and leaving the machine a simple traverse drill with automatic feeds.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
