Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 09:58:37 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from web41503.mail.yahoo.com ([66.218.93.86] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0.5) with SMTP id 1996533 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 03:29:00 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: <20030124082859.51034.qmail@web41503.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [12.254.81.107] by web41503.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 00:28:59 PST X-Original-Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 00:28:59 -0800 (PST) From: BILL HANNAHAN Subject: Fwd: [LML] LNC2 Nose gear pivot tab hole elongation X-Original-To: MAIL LANCAIR MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Scott writes > With the airplane up on jacks, I notice each year that I can get more > fore-aft wiggle out of the nose gear leg because the holes thru the tabs > are > getting elongated I drilled two small holes, about .035 in the left tab, about 3/8" above the bolt head, ran a U shaped piece of safety wire through from between the tabs and secured it to a drilled head bolt to prevent rotation. no problems after several years. I would be reluctant to go to a larger bolt since that reduces the remaining cross section in the aluminum drag link. You could drill out each tab then epoxy a snug fitting steel shim ring into each tab. Here is another question. What is the best lubricant for these steel on aluminum bearings in a dirty environment? ===== BILL HANNAHAN WFHANNAHAN@YAHOO.COM __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com