REPLACING COTTER PINS.
Some small high-efficiency sidevalve engines use the type of valve cotter which passes through a slot in the valve -stem itself. Owing to the exceedingly strong springs used on this type of engine and the smallness of the space available, it is difficult to insert the cotter when replacing the valve without the use of a special tool designed for that particular engine.
This can, however, be done quite easily by means of a short stick of about the diameter of a pencil. A
slit is made in the top of this with a hack saw and the cotter is pushed in until it is firmly gripped, and it can then easily he pushed into the slot in the valve. When the valve spring is released, the cotter is held securely and the stick can be pulled away.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVII, Issue 4396, 23 May 1933, Page 3
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141REPLACING COTTER PINS. King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVII, Issue 4396, 23 May 1933, Page 3
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