Russ et all,
I had to think about this for a couple days and decided that this
is not what I would or am going to do. The only way that I see a sleeve
being an advantage is if it was long enough to be in the metal plates on
each side of the wood. Other wise the sleeve in the wood alone would have
2 places for movement to start. One location being the sleeve to wood fit
and the other being the clearance around the bolt through the sleeve. The
way mine will be repaired is the top 2 holes will be reamed out to take a
1/4" bolt and the bottom 2 holes which are too close to the floor board
to drill out will remain AN3 embedded with flox. I always did have a
backer plate on the cockpit side of the connection. I really think that
the occasional shimmy as well as the 4.5 g landing a year and a half ago
are the case and contributing factors for the elongation of the wood
holes. I'm slightly better at landing now and (I only scare me not
passengers) I have replaced the strut with a new one.
Still a location that should be checked with the annual.
Joe Horton, Coopersburg, PA.
joe.kr2s.buil...@juno.com
On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 03:13:19 -0800 "Russ Kendall"
<rkend...@bendbroadband.com> writes:
> Hi Joe,
> I wonder, could a guy drill these out and epoxie in some steel
> or
> aluminum sleeves to run the bolts through?
> Russ
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joseph H Horton" <joe.kr2s.buil...@juno.com>
> To: <kr...@mylist.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 2:56 PM
> Subject: KR> Safety check item
>
>
> >
> > Guys,
> > For the guys with nose gear I found a item that I need to
> check
> > on more often. The 4 an-3 bolts that go thru the Deihl nose gear
> bracket
> > where it attaches to the firewall on mine have loosened up and
> slightly
> > elongated the holes in the wood. This can not be identified with
> the
> > weight on the nose gear. It has to have the nose raised and all
> the
> > weight taken off to be able to detect the movement at the
> firewall. In
> > all fairness I had an occasional front wheel shimmy and I found
> this
> > defect while working on the shimmy problem. The hole elongation
> is
> > vertical only not laterally.
