Spirol pin substitute

[Leon renaud]

Originally Posted by cubs-n-bxrs

Funny you should say that Roland because I am a firm believer in supporting local business. Them coiled/spirol pins are not to be found in my little corner of the world. Hardware stores and tractor stores look at you like you have a third eyeball when you ask for coiled/spirol pins. Most have never heard of them. Nearest Cub dealer is 27 miles away and by the time you put $15 in the tank to make the trip I find it a better option to pay the shipping and have them on my doorstep the next day. And I have 20 to spare.

Want real aggravation? I live 7 minutes from the Spirol Factory in Killingly CT. After going to several different hardware stores and big box stores near me looking for "Spirol pins" and getting shown either the shiny rolled pins or the black rolled pins but not any that looked exactly like the one I took out of my 104 drive shaft I went right to Spirols "Visitors Center" to try and buy some there got told I could buy direct but had to do it ONLINE and had to order a minimum of 100$! OR I could buy them from McMaster Carr, Well my boss did me a favor and ordered me a bag of them from McMaster and when the bag of 50pcs got here they don't look exactly like the Cub pins either!The cub pins have more layers than what I got and those look exactly the same as the local shops had! but at 12 $ for 50 I guess I can replace a few if needed

[MOturkE]

I really thought spirols would have been used more than they are. Ah well, we can't have everything. I remember an old hardware store here that everybody used to visit because they always had what no other store had. They finally went out of business when the owner got old enough to retire. They sure had some "uncommon" stuff in there. I bet they would have had spirol pins, too.

[Oak]

There are several different types of spring pins. I think you want the heavy duty type. Here is the link to McMaster Carr.
http://www.mcmaster.com/#spring-pins/=d481ve