Connector Pin Assembly with Dual Function Outer End Portions, and Associated Ground Engaging Apparatus

Ground engaging apparatus comprising:

• a support structure having a nose portion through which a first connector opening extends;
• a hollow wear member rearwardly telescoped onto said nose portion, said wear member having a rear end, opposite side walls with second and third connector openings extending therethrough into the interior of said wear member and being aligned with said first connector opening, and recesses formed in interior surfaces of said opposite side walls, said recesses extending forwardly through said rear end into said second and third connector openings;
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• a connector pin member rotatably supported within said first connector opening and having a fixed length, axially facing outer end surfaces, and locking/adjustment projections having eccentrically curved outer side surfaces and extending outwardly from portions of said outer end surfaces into said second and third connector openings, said connector pin member being rotatable to:
• a first position in which said projections move rearwardly through and then exit said recesses as said wear member is forwardly removed from said nose portion,
• a second position in which said eccentrically curved outer side surfaces engage surfaces of said second and third connector openings in a manner blocking forward removal of said wear member from said nose portion, and
• a third position in which, in response to rotation of said connector pin member from said second position to said third position, said eccentrically curved outer side surfaces forcibly engage said surfaces of said second and third connector openings in a manner rearwardly moving said wear member along said nose portion to tighten said wear member thereon;
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• detent apparatus for releasably holding said connector pin member in a selectively variable rotational orientation relative to said nose portion.