So which is it? Ford uses both.
from the 1926 Ford Operators Manual:
How is the Clutch adjusted? Answer No. 73
Remove the plate on the transmission cover under the floor boards at the driver’s feet. Take out the “cotter key” on the first clutch finger and give the set screw one-half to one complete turn to the right with a screw-driver…
How are the Wheels Removed? Answer No. 89
Front wheels: Take off hub cap, remove “cotter pin” and unscrew castle nut and spindle washer. The adjustable bearing cone can then be taken out and the wheel removed…
Just a matter preference?
One in the same.
Key is often used, but I'd call pin more accurate.
Well it looks like Sears has a different tool to remove each one.
Cotter Key Extractor; http://www.sears.com/shc/s/craftsman-cotter-key-extractor/p-00904319000P?autoRed irect=true&sLevel=0&redirectType=SKIP_LEVEL
Cotter Pin Puller; http://www.sears.com/shc/s/search=cotter%20pin%20puller?storeId=10153&catalogId= 12605&vName=Tools&viewItems=25&autoRedirect=true&redirectType=CAT_REC_PRED
Now I have to get two to do the job right.
Fellows, in Australia they are called split pins, for obvious reasons. The only time I have heard the use of cotter pin here is for the round pin with tapered flat side used to key the pedal shafts to the centre shaft on a bicycle.
Just for interest.
Allan from down under.
$20 bucks for a cotter/split pin/key puller. I gotta get me one of those. Although I do have some worn out screw drivers, hmmm.
Sears sells Proto tools??
I haven't shopped there in 20 years, but that's mildly surprising. Proto must be getting desperate for market share.
When I had the shop I ordered thousands of cotter pins.
Never EVER called them keys.
You can, however, search merchants by both names and come up with identical results.......
Danial- a few years ago, while on tour in Johnson City, TN, our group went through the SNAP-ON Tool factory.
The manufacturing line started with a single bar of steel. By the time the steel reached the end it was a wrench or ratchet. The bars had different MANY brand names stamped on them. Craftsman was one of the many brands.
My point is this: just because it says "Craftsman" doesn't mean its a Craftsman- it just means Sears sells it.
The first two Proto tools in the second link appear to be identical, except for the price. Any idea why one is $6.40 more than the other?
John, Then how do you get a real Craftsman? I doubt Sears makes any tools themselves.
I used to work with an old guy, that called them Carter pins! My wish is our suppliers would get them made to the exact same length that Ford used, so we don't have to snip them off.
Many times I've seen the work of guys who call them "nails" or "bailing wire".
My dad called a nut a "tap." I never did hear him call a bolt a "die."
My uncle called VISE-GRIP© a "clamp-on wrench"...I guess that makes sense.
All the old "recip" mechanics I worked with in the USAF called channel locks, "water-pumps."
I grew up with them being called water pumps. Guess because they kinda look like an old picture pump. They were also handy for tightening the packing nut on water pumps.