bell housing cotter pin revisited

garymck · Aug 6, 2015

Here is my latest attempt to replace the cotter pin on a TO35. I cut a suitable cotter pin in half and bent each part suitably to enter the hole. I applied J&B weld to the bottom halves and held them in place with welding vise grips until the mixture had dried. Seems to work so far.

steve19438 · Aug 6, 2015

I think the CP is supposed to wiggle.

FBH44 · Aug 7, 2015

This is an AH-HAH moment! Thank you. A person could cut as you say one in two, stick both ends up in there, and actually mig-weld the thing back together from underneath, I doh't doubt the JB is a good idea, but if you could actually mig-weld it, that would do it. Thanks.

garymck · Aug 7, 2015

After the cement dried, I can freely turn the cotter pin so that should ensure it wiggles in the field.

wellmax99 · Aug 7, 2015

your method, may be my second choice,

if finding one with a eyelet just larger than the hole.
then trying to drive it up into the hole,

then spreading the legs of the cotter key,
hopefully this method will work as I am into easy,

I so forget to check the hole each time I fuel the tractor.
may have to attach a reminder sign to the fuel tank, but then I would forget to look at it.

I have enough problems remembering to turn the gas shutoff valve off each time I am leaving the tractor in the barn. carb has leaked before, that is a pain in the butt.

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