Module 6

Materials and Hardware

Fasteners - Part 7
Locking and Retaining Devices (3)
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Other Locking and Retaining Devices – Pins

Taper pins with taper of 1 in 48 and parallel pins, are used on both
tubular and solid sections to secure control levers to torque shafts
and forked ends to control rods, etc.

Most taper pins, and parallel pins, are locked by peening into a
countersunk recess or by forming reaction rivet heads.

To avoid slackness, the pins are usually assembled in reamed holes,

the head being supported during the locking process.
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Most taper pins, and parallel pins, are locked by peening into a
countersunk recess or by forming reaction rivet heads.
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Clevis Pins
Clevis Pins are flat headed parallel pins
which are drilled at the end of the shank to
accommodate a retention device.

Made of high tensile or stainless steel, they

are usually used in conjunction with split pins,
lock pins or safety retaining pins as illustrated.
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“Pip” Quick Release Pins

“Pip” pins are designed to take non-structural loads in shear only.

In many cases they can take the place of a nut and bolt in
circumstances where constant and speedy disconnection is required.

The holes that these pins are fitted in need to be reamed to a close
fit to prevent chafing due to vibration in service.
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The pin is held in place by two small steel balls at the end of its
shank.

These balls are held out in the locked position by a spring loaded
plunger running through the centre of the pin.
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To allow the balls to collapse
into the pin and so allow the
pin to be withdrawn the
plunger must be kept
depressed, or in the case of
the type that has a ring
fitted pulling on the ring will
allow the pin to be
withdrawn.

Pip pins are sometimes used

as hinge pins on removable
doors located inside the
aircraft.
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Circlips and Locking Rings
Many of these locking devices are standard parts manufactured from
spring steel wire, sheet or plate, but they may also be specially
designed for a particular application.

All are hardened and tempered to give inward or outward spring for
locking screwed parts together, for locking grub screws, or for
locating components within bores or housings.
Wire circlips have both ends bent whilst other types have drilled
ends which facilitate expansion or contraction for fitting into
position.

Grooves for circlips and locking rings are semi-circular for wire
types and of rectangular section for others.

Before fitting, precautions should be taken to ensure that grooves

are free from deformation, burring or dirt.
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The installation of circlips is usually accomplished with circlip pliers:
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Part numbers of the correct part to be fitted should be verified

from the appropriate drawings, Overhaul or Repair Manuals or Parts
Catalogue.

Some manufacturers stipulate that circlips and locking rings must

not be used more than once.

However, in some instances, it is specified that the gap between the

ends of a circlip or locking ring should, after fitting, be within
prescribed limits and as such individual selection may be necessary,
the radial position of the gap may also be specified.
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The designs of non-standard lockrings and pins are many and varied.

The example shown here is a door stop assembly lock pin.

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To install it, the stop is screwed in or
out of the door fitting to achieve the
correct position in relation to a striker
plate on the door frame.

The stop is then rotated to align the

slot with one of four slots in the door
fitting and the rigging re-checked.

The lockpin is then inserted into the

aligned slots, pushed until fully
engaged and then rotated so that the
ring portion clips in a groove on the
door fitting.
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