I have just started my kr2s and i am thinking of using a vw fear drive to help eliminate the crank problem. By the way rand robinson is out of WAF's, any sugesstions? is there another kr projet in or near lakeport,ca?
---------- Original Message ----------- From: "Ryan" <rr...@san.rr.com> To: <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 18:50:58 -0700 Subject: Re: KR> type 4 Failures > This is from another list. > Ryan > 6:50.21.04 > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Q-LIST/message/10392 > > From: HawkiDoug@a... > Date: Thu Jan 2, 2003 8:34 am > Subject: VW type 4 fix > > For those who might be interested, here's what we have come up > with as a fix to my prop hub coming off last fall. To recap > briefly, the end of a type 4 crank has a smaller taper on the > very end and a "sleeve" is fitted over the end and then > machined for the Force One Prop hub. We are confident this was > the weak link and the source of the failure. Steve Bennett of Great > Plains and I looked at several solutions and the one both Steve > & I liked best was to have a new crank made the way we want it > made. It will actually be better than the std. VW crank. Cost= > $1000.00. The other solutions looked to be about half this cost, > so it was a no brainer for me to spend the extra money. I > believe I will still have about $5500.00 invested in the engine. > > Steve sent a letter to his type 4 customers offering this > option at his cost on this initial run. If things go as planned > (do they ever?), I should be back in the air by early summer. > > Now, I have a question to you VW experts. What do you think of > using Lycoming thread to seal the case halves with? See any > problems doing this? > > Doug "Hawkeye" Humble > Omaha NE > N25974 > A Sign Above > > ============================== > > If there are cranks failing I personally really want to know > who and why. Tweedy and I are both getting older and would like > to continue to do so without having experienced crank failure. > So, this post is a call for any one with direct knowledge to > sing out. > > Orma L. Robbins Southfield MI > 19 Years flying KR-2 N110LR (Tweedy) > http://www.aviation-mechanics.com > > _______________________________________ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html ------- End of Original Message -------
