Hi Todd,
Yes, it has been a while ago, but that just goes to show you must be having fun for time to fly so fast for you.
My breaking brake line incident sure confirmed for me that aluminum tubing will indeed work harden and crack. Now in fairness, it may be because I do recall having to work with that part of the brake line to get it to loop around the axil as Van wanted. But, totally agree that area of the break line is where you want a flexible brake hose of some sort.
Great to hear from you and see you are still messing with the rotary.
Ed
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Sent: 5/2/2020 3:28:37 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Eds engine removal at the Tracy Crook Repair Facility
Good to hear from you Ed;
I'm starting to feel old as I clearly remember your initial report on this long past incident! But your sharing of this and other stories has had a positive impact on me. In the 3 times that I've rebuilt a rotary engine since your report I always recall this story in my mind and pay special attention as I'm installing the oil pump gear and have noticed how easy it is to accidentally push that key out of place. Another change I've made due to your experiences is my brake lines. After your incident someone on this list suggested using a grease gun hose for the final loop to the wheel. So this is what I've been using without issue since then. I'm currently doing an annual inspection that has expanded to doing various system upgrades and I've got some shiney new red hoses that were given to me by an Oiler at work. I'm going to replace the old ones as the outer rubber layer has some unsightly surface cracks from the weather and this new style won't do that. The list has been too quite as of late so I've been meaning to share some of my updates to get the conversations going again. But I'm off to the shop right now to play with expanding foam as I build a new set of intake ducts to match up to my new curved radiators taken from a Kawasaki Ninja as suggested by another list member.
Todd RV9 13Bturbo |