Yes Joe, but a sleeve or bushing will increase the area of contact with the wood quite dramatically. A few moments with your calculator will prove this out....bob p --- "Joseph H. Horton" <joe.kr2s.buil...@juno.com> wrote:
> 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. > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to > krnet-le...@mylist.net > Post photos, introductions, and For Sale items to > http://www.kr2forum.com/phpBB2/index.php > please see other KRnet info at > http://www.krnet.org/info.html > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Bored stiff? Loosen up... Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. http://games.yahoo.com/games/front
