Patent ID: 8468724

Claim:
An excavator tooth assembly comprising: a mounting nose projectable from a digging edge of an excavator, said mounting nose including a mounting aperture extending laterally of said nose between opposite side walls thereof, said mounting aperture having a non-circular cross-section; a wear member having a longitudinal axis, a forward end and a rearwardly opening socket for receiving said mounting nose, said wear member including opposed wall apertures communicating with a hollow interior of said socket, said opposed wall apertures being at least partially alignable with said mounting aperture; and, a retaining pin assembly non-rotatably located in said mounting aperture, said retaining pin assembly including a body member being configured to be non-rotatably located within the mounting aperture of said mounting nose prior to said wear member being mounted upon said mounting nose, locating members insertable via respective opposed wall apertures for slidable location in said mounting aperture relative to said body member, said locating members being retainable in said assembly by a tensionable retaining member extending between said locating members whereby an enlarged free end of each locating member is engagable with a wall of a respective opposed wall aperture.