[Fot] cotter pins

[Brad Eells]

Are you saying that big box of cotter pins I bought at Harbor Freight for 5 bucks aren’t of the highest quality??

I did discover that quickly with their grease fittings...

I go to a local SoCal industrial hardware store called McFadden-Dale. They don’t carry any of the cheap stuff and grade the rest. 

You know exactly what you are purchasing...

Brad Eells
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> On Jul 15, 2019, at 10:05 AM, Barr, Scott via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> The great local hardware store that I’ve always bought my hardware from seems to be selling cotter pins that are of pretty poor quality.  They’re awfully brittle.  Weak.  Ineffectual.
>  
> I can run over to our local Fastenal, but what are the chances theirs will be any better?
>  
> Fastenal sells cotter pins in steel, zinc coated steel, monel, and stainless.  Any recommendations about what is most appropriate?  I’ll shy away from stainless as it’s usually a little soft.  And I know nothing at all about monel.
>  
> Scott (B.)
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