The big old Heidemann bike (the Vainqueur) never worked out for me - so I've been prepping it for sale. However, because I foolishly went ahead without reading the internet, tightening the nuts on the cotter pins broke the non-drive cotter. Horrors!
So this evening was spent in the machine shop, fabricating a new cotter pin. I used a chunk of steel from a kick-stand and the Drummond Round-Bed Metal Lathe to do the deed.
Normally one does not go to such efforts to make the bits & pieces, but this was more convenient (and fun!) than trying to find the right sized one in a shop. The Vainqueur uses such a variety of parts that I figured it would be a difficult job finding a new cotter!
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