8mm Forum: SOLVED...Need a name for this clip/fastener

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Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on June 12, 2016, 06:35 PM:

I need to find a couple of very tiny clips...but don't know what they are called. Can anyone help me out with either a name or where I could find a supplier?

Here's what they look like. The two prongs go thru an opening and can be spread apart to fasten one part to another.

Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on June 12, 2016, 06:51 PM:

Hi Janice,

That's a new one on me: what's it made of?

-metal, nylon?

It looks like a classic McMaster-Carr kinda thing. Did you try them? You might consider e-mailing their Customer Service. Even if they don't have them maybe they can hang a name on it: half the battle!

Posted by Andrew Woodcock (Member # 3260) on June 12, 2016, 06:52 PM:

Not quite the same, but the nearest thing to your photo is a split pin Janice.

Still has an eyelet like the one in the photograph, except much smaller typically.

https://www.accu.co.uk/en/split-pins/63880-HSPP-4-100-A4?uk_ google_shopping=1&c=3&gclid=COOY1sTVo80CFVRsGwodjGQHlw

The idea being, the eyelet only has to be large enough to avoid the entire pin traveling straight through the hole.
You buy the correct and precise diameter pin to suit the bore size of the drilled hole.

Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on June 12, 2016, 07:28 PM:

Interesting, Andy!

Here these are called cotter pins. They are actually the last line of defense holding the front wheels on a rear drive car: if they are gone the nut holding the bearings in place is free to turn and it's all downhill from there.

Is this the name for them there too?

Posted by Andrew Woodcock (Member # 3260) on June 12, 2016, 07:31 PM:

It is indeed Steve, either/or.

Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on June 12, 2016, 08:05 PM:

Cotter Pin !!!!! YES...that's it! Thanks guys. Now at least I can do a search.

Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on June 12, 2016, 08:30 PM:

It's not exactly a cotter pin: those you usually bend the ends over.

-the idea is similar, though.

Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on June 12, 2016, 09:27 PM:

Here is a pic of the old broken cotter pin I want to replace. There are actually 2 of these that hold the gate guide on my Pathex projector. Both pins broke removing the gate.

Here's what the broken pin looks like.

Posted by Tom Spielman (Member # 5352) on June 12, 2016, 09:49 PM:

Yeah, looks like a cotter pin to me.

Posted by Barry Fritz (Member # 1865) on June 13, 2016, 10:49 AM:

Yep. Easy to find at any hardware store and most auto parts store. They come in many different sizes.

Posted by Ken Finch (Member # 2768) on June 13, 2016, 03:54 PM:

Yes , its a Cotter pin Janice. The uneven lengths make it easier to bend them over. The ones on your Baby probably became brittle with age. A bit like me!!!! Ken Finch.

Posted by Pasquale DAlessio (Member # 2052) on June 13, 2016, 04:00 PM:

Ace the hardware place has load of them.

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