X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imo-m27.mx.aol.com ([64.12.137.8] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.3) with ESMTP id 2912788 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 07 May 2008 18:57:08 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.12.137.8; envelope-from=WRJJRS@aol.com Received: from WRJJRS@aol.com by imo-m27.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r9.4.) id q.c93.27e01135 (37046) for ; Wed, 7 May 2008 18:56:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: from webmail-nb12 (webmail-nb12.sim.aol.com [207.200.69.204]) by cia-db03.mx.aol.com (v121.5) with ESMTP id MAILCIADB034-90b64822339b384; Wed, 07 May 2008 18:56:28 -0400 References: To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Need ideas for bolts Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 18:56:27 -0400 X-AOL-IP: 66.253.96.220 In-Reply-To: X-MB-Message-Source: WebUI MIME-Version: 1.0 From: wrjjrs@aol.com X-MB-Message-Type: User Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="--------MB_8CA7EACB77DB5AD_B3C_280B_webmail-nb12.sysops.aol.com" X-Mailer: AOL Webmail 36240-STANDARD Received: from 66.253.96.220 by webmail-nb12.sysops.aol.com (207.200.69.204) with HTTP (WebMailUI); Wed, 07 May 2008 18:56:27 -0400 Message-Id: <8CA7EACB73D569B-B3C-1416@webmail-nb12.sysops.aol.com> X-Spam-Flag: NO ----------MB_8CA7EACB77DB5AD_B3C_280B_webmail-nb12.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" George, Rod bolts are the bolts that hold on your connecting rod caps on. (piston of course) Bill Jepson -----Original Message----- From: George Lendich To: Rotary motors in aircraft Sent: Wed, 7 May 2008 3:29 pm Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Need ideas for bolts Lynn, What are rod bolts? George (down under) ----- Original Message ----- From: Lehanover@aol.com To: Rotary motors in aircraft Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 4:27 AM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Need ideas for bolts I would check on the torque required to get that bolt into its working range. If it is over about 60 pounds, I would use a lower strength bolt that can be torqued into its working range at 65 pounds or less. The cast iron holes will not stand all that much in the way of torque. Its kind of a fine thread unlike good old American engine blocks with big diameter course threads. ? Real SAE grade 5 bolts can be bent sharply over 90 degrees without failing. Grade 8 bolts, while capable of a higher ultimate loading (tensile) seldom make it to 90 degrees without failing. They are much better in double shear than the grade 5 but this is not it. My driver built up quite a store of data on this subject while going through a half million dollars worth of bodywork. Even with grade 5 or whatever that is in metric, torqued into their working range, you could pick the plane up and shake it for 100 years by the reduction unit and no fastener failures would occur. ? Whenever we had a Cosworth apart we would change the rod bolts. They were pricey but the owner wanted new bolts each time. I suspect that he went past the red line every time he got into the car. The Cosworth rep came to Mid Ohio once and found the owner. He wanted to know what we were doing to the bolts that we needed so many. The rods were designed around the bolts. Deep enough to get enough threads to get the bolt into its working range. Then center to center distance and so on. He pointed out that they could tear the big end off of the rod without failing the cap or the bolts. So if the rod cap was still on the rod, it was fine. So we quit changing rod bolts. They had dimples on each end and you torque them with a special dial indicator rig in place, until they stretch .0035" and that was it. Not by torque. By stretch. We never lost a Cosworth engine. ? The bolt choice is limited by the cast iron holes. Perhaps studs for some of the application. ? Lynn E. Hanover ? ? ? ? In a message dated 5/7/2008 10:42:50 AM Pacific Daylight Time, echristley@nc.rr.com writes: Where can I find extra long, high grade metric bolts that aren't specialty order items? What other options do I have for securely bolting a plate to the back of the engine with 6" spacer? Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.9/1416 - Release Date: 5/05/2008 5:11 PM ----------MB_8CA7EACB77DB5AD_B3C_280B_webmail-nb12.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" George,
Rod bolts are the bolts that hold on your connecting rod caps on. (piston of course)
Bill Jepson


-----Original Message-----
From: George Lendich <lendich@optusnet.com.au>
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Wed, 7 May 2008 3:29 pm
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Need ideas for bolts

Lynn,
What are rod bolts?
George (down under)
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 4:27 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Need ideas for bolts

I would check on the torque required to get that bolt into its working range. If it is over about 60 pounds, I would use a lower strength bolt that can be torqued into its working range at 65 pounds or less. The cast iron holes will not stand all that much in the way of torque. Its kind of a fine thread unlike good old American engine blocks with big diameter course threads.
 
Real SAE grade 5 bolts can be bent sharply over 90 degrees without failing. Grade 8 bolts, while capable of a higher ultimate loading (tensile) seldom make it to 90 degrees without failing. They are much better in double shear than the grade 5 but this is not it. My driver built up quite a store of data on this subject while going through a half million dollars worth of bodywork. Even with grade 5 or whatever that is in metric, torqued into their working range, you could pick the plane up and shake it for 100 years by the reduction unit and no fastener failures would occur.
 
Whenever we had a Cosworth apart we would change the rod bolts. They were pricey but the owner wanted new bolts each time. I suspect that he went past the red line every time he got into the car. The Cosworth rep came to Mid Ohio once and found the owner. He wanted to know what we were doing to the bolts that we needed so many. The rods were designed around the bolts. Deep enough to get enough threads to get the bolt into its working range. Then center to center distance and so on. He pointed out that they could tear the big end off of the rod without failing the cap or the bolts. So if the rod cap was still on the rod, it was fine. So we quit changing rod bolts. They had dimples on each end and you torque them with a special dial indicator rig in place, until they stretch .0035" and that was it. Not by torque. By stretch. We never lost a Cosworth engine.
 
The bolt choice is limited by the cast iron holes. Perhaps studs for some of the application.
 
Lynn E. Hanover
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 5/7/2008 10:42:50 AM Pacific Daylight Time, echristley@nc.rr.com writes:
Where can I find extra long, high grade metric bolts that aren't
specialty order items?
What other options do I have for securely bolting a plate to the back of
the engine with 6" spacer?



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