Dear Roger.
Some time ago Brett Iggulden gave me a hammer that would suit your actions and it is a favourite tool of mine. The head is a lump of shaped aluminium (about 2.1/2 lbs) bonded onto a steel tube handle. You can belt the daylights out of any harder material without evidence. What is happening re. council and BM airfield? Regards Noel From: Aus-soaring [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Roger.D Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2016 1:51 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Pik 20 tailwheel axle removal Dear James, Not sure if the following helps, but one issue in general with tailwheel axles is that it is possible to bend them on very hard tailwheel touchdowns, or landing touch down just before the lip between the low surface of the runway gravel and the start of the bitumen seal. Bent axles can be hard to remove. May in worst case have to cut through on both sides of wheel. I know about the issue with the step at the runway bitumen commencement as I experienced this at Corowa with my Duo Discus. Then we have had one instance with club Duo Discus of axle bending slightly due hard landing but just succeeded in getting it out without cutting. (I won't admit to any excessive use of a hammer .... but ....) Regards Roger Druce On 11/06/2016 1:48 PM, james dutschke wrote: Hi. Im looking to fix a slow leak in a tailwheel on my pik. Is there a trick to getting the axle out once the split pin and nut have come out? Cheers James _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
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