split pin BrE
cotter pin AmE
cotter key AmE

As shown above, there are different types of ends available on split pins.

After turning off the water, use pliers to extract the split pin.

This lends split pins to use in mobile paper and cardboard models.

The split pin should be passed through the bolt as near as possible to the nut.

R-clips are similar in function to split pins and linchpins.

Compared to split pins, they are easier to remove and are re-usable.

On some boats there are split pins through the pintail to stop gudgeons lifting.

The diameter of split pins are standardized.

Split pins may be used in some applications as low-tech shear pins.

Ryan saw immediately that a split pin hadn't been inserted properly and it took only a few seconds to carry out the simple repair.

Typically made of thick wire with a half-circular cross section, split pins come in multiple sizes and types.

In 1977, Buick introduced a split pin crankshaft to implement an even-fire version of the engine.

It might have been caused by a defective or fatigued split pin; we modified the design of the parts in question as a precautionary measure.

A brass fastener, brad, or split pin is a stationery item used for securing multiple sheets of paper together.

Hammer lock split pins are properly installed by striking the head with a hammer to secure the pin.

If split pins are used, be sure to see that they are used in such a way that the nut cannot possibly unscrew at all.

A split pin may be used in place of staples, but is more commonly used in situations where rotation around the joint is desirable.

The pin has a head at one end and at other end there is a taper pin or split pin.

Split pin cotter pin)

The other woman produced something that looked more like a tool than a weapon, a crooked metal bar with what seemed to be a split pin at one end.

Cotter pin can also refer to a type of split pin supplied with washers that is used in making teddy bear arm, leg and neck joints.

A cotter pin (USA usage) or split pin is used to keep the clevis pin in place.

Ceiling fans are secured by clevis pins locked with either split pins or R-clips, so wobbling won't have an effect on the fan's security.

The clevis pin is similar to a bolt, but is only partially threaded or unthreaded with a cross-hole for a Split pin.

A brass fastener is similar in design and function to the mechanical counterpart split pins (U.S.cotter pins.)

The tab was locked down by a cotter pin which he yanked out.

He saw the bent cotter pin and the wedged cable.

The nut is then secured with a cotter pin or safety wire.

The company originally produced only cotter pins and then plumbing supplies.

He flattened himself against the wall and released the cotter pin on the first grenade.

"There would be a hole right through the knuckles and that's where the cotter pin goes.

"There's no resistance at all," she confirmed, barely moving the cotter pin.

First he loosened the cotter pin on the grenade.

"A cotter pin is what holds things together underneath, that you steer with.

Not a bolt or rivet, not even so much as a cotter pin.

"The cotter pin on the lower rack slider came out and I can't get it back in."

That's what she'd been trying to find in the drawer; a nail or something to replace the cotter pin so she could continue her task.

The serviceman pointed out where a cotter pin had been removed from the throttle group.

The model described previously hooked through the nostrils with a cotter pin, while others had a strap.

Instead of the plane's aluminum skin, the surface over the box was a metal plate held in place by a cotter pin.

The use of galvanised or stainless steel cotter pins can have similar drawbacks.

And there was a cotter pin worked loose."

The rear wheel is a drilled polyethylene ball held in place with a cotter pin.

For pins that have a cross-hole in the threaded end a cotter pin can be used.

Just a glorified cotter pin was all it was.

"That's well and good, but can't they contrive new cotter pins?

There were no cotter pins in sight.

With another few taps of her rock, she rammed the kingpin through and then the cotter pin into its place.

Tell him I need a tensioner spring and a cotter pin," he told the gunner.

He was held together by cotter pins, hose clamps, nuts, bolts, and magnets.