BOODSERDOWE
I am aware of the RAAF'S ground engineering situation - it was already happening when I left the force in 1972. But I was only a "dumb sumpie LAC" back then, and I have moved on 30+ years, learning all the while & still asking questions like the one: what is SO special about a pin that it can be installed "the wrong way"? All of the aircraft I worked on had simple cotter pins (split pins) and one leg would be bent into the hollow axle,with other bent across the nut.
jamec