Safetop Split Pins Galvanized

Split pins are typically used to fasten a shaft or similar component in place. Split pins can also be used to keep machinery aligned. The pin is placed through a hole and the prongs (or tines) of the pin can then be bent to hold the pin in place.

• Split/Cotter pins are mostly used to lock castle and slotted nuts or secure clevis pins as well as wheel or machine components on an axle. 
• Cotter/Split pins may be simply designed and affordable, but they are also surprisingly strong and durable. 
• Split pins are frequently used to secure other fasteners, e.g. clevis pins, or to secure a castellated nut, or, infrequently, as a low-tech shear pin. 
• Split pins are cheaper but less reusable than linchpins, and provide less strength but easier to install/remove than spring pins.