Here are a series of photos illustrating how Cotter Pins were installed on the assembly line and how we installed the ones used for this project. Bill Embree was an Assembly Line Worker for Chrysler (back in the day) and he told us the method they used when installing the Cotter Pins. He said they slipped the Pins through the hole in the threaded shaft and used a “closed end wrench” to bend them over the Castle Nut. Both splines on the Cotter Pins ended up being bent in the same direction when using this method. Also included with the Assembly Line photos shown below, are pictures of our Cotter Pin & Castle Nut assemblies. In the original photos you can still see remnants of the original orange inspection markings applied by the Assembly Line Workers.
