We ordered the ball rod ends from the data supplied by Diamond and came from hirchmann as guy in Sydney Rick had them come up as discontinued item. China make look a like ball rod ends but I would not trust them.
Ian m On 15/08/2013 7:59 PM, "Rob Thompson" <[email protected]> wrote: > When Nigel and I restored the three Thai Dimonas in 2002 we replaced the > undercarriage rod ends. > Most of the the old ones were bent and they must have been original...we > had to cut out the panels to gain access. > My question is....do you really want a high tensile rod end that tends to > snap or is it better to have one that bends? > This is a question that is right up Nigel's alley of expertise. > The flask is under the seat pan...can't remember which side...I think > passenger. Poke a mirror through the inspection panels and look rearwards > and you will see it. > cheers > Rob > > Rob Thompson > mobile 0429 493828 > > > ........................................ > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Ian Williams <[email protected]> > *To:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, 15 August 2013 7:22 PM > *Subject:* Re: [DOG mailing list] H36 undercarriage > > Hi Ian, > Same here. The ones here were bent indi ating they weren't HT. RickFisher > sourced the right ones from Germany for me. there were also other rather > dodgy issues as well but all OK now. Nigel B's advice dead right. > A question for you Dimona Technocrats however. ..Where the hell is the > flask For the VSI stashed. > > Ian Williams > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 15/08/2013, at 20:42, Ian Mc Phee <[email protected]> wrote: > > Friend with early Thai h36 found an undercart ball rod end broke after > landing but zero damage luckily. He fount the Thai we assume used non > standard ball rod ends with no untreated shank. > The correct ball rod ends are made by hirshmann in Germany and have a X > indicating they are high tension ball rod ends. > Lesson you can not trust Thai airforce or was it Geoff Edwards?? the guy > that brought them in. When I was at Archer field there were broken > undercarriage everywhere. > If ball rod ends have been changed then there should be a repair in the > floor when they have been removed. I think I have read somewhere after > hard broken undercart either ball rod ends are to be replaced or are the > brackets to be replaced. I would say it is ball rod ends. > May be worth a look and always do perfect landings. > Ian mcphee > . > > > >
