Patent ID: 8468725

Claim:
A mounting pin assembly for an excavator wear assembly, said mounting pin assembly comprising: a retaining member configured to be non-rotatably located within a transversely extending mounting aperture of a mounting nose of an excavator prior to a wear member being mounted upon said mounting nose, said retaining member having a locating surface and a boss extending from said locating surface; a locating member slidably mountable upon said locating surface of said retaining member via a wall aperture of said wear member mounted upon said mounting nose, said wall aperture of said wear member at least partially aligned with said mounting aperture, said locating member having an enlarged portion defined by an outwardly divergent face abutting a wall of said wall aperture of said wear member; and a tensioning member extending between and coupling said boss of said retaining member and said locating member whereby tension applied to said tensioning member causes relative contraction of said mounting pin assembly such that said locating member can be drawn upon said locating surface towards said boss to force said outwardly divergent face to wedgingly engage with said wall of said wall aperture of said wear member to force said wear member into engagement with said mounting nose.