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Same here, I've gone over each and every bolt in the whole
AC, not just firewall forward, at least twice. I used the blue and red
Loctite where appropriate, and plan on wiring the prop assembly for sure.
One rule I ran into was only use a locknut twice, and then throw it away, not
sure if it's good rule, but then nuts are cheap.
Greg Ward
Lancair 20B N178RG in progress
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 10:05
PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Safety
wire
Al, you mention that you don't have anything safety
wired and haven't experienced anything important coming lose in a car. I
have and it was very important. It was a tube and o-ring related to the
coolant system that was held into the block by one bolt. Needless to say
the one bolt backed out, I lost coolant over heated and I
pulled over to the side of the road. I
cannot pull over in a plane.
Don’t
misunderstand. I’m not arguing the point nor suggesting
carelessness. Did you put in the bolt on your car that came out?
I’ll bet not. I considered every fastener in the engine
compartment and torqued and/or locked as I deemed necessary. I exercised care
and engineering judgment. There are lock nuts and lock washers as needed. The
pan bolts have lock washers. The oil drain is a tapered pipe thread – no way
that is coming lose. I have also periodically checked every bolt, nut,
or plug, hose clamp, screw, whatever; and none have ever loosened – so I’m
quite happy with it. Your mileage may vary.
Al
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