Hi Mark, Did you use steel spacers; or would aluminum work or will it "crush" over time?
Thanks, Ron --- On Sat, 10/2/10, Mark Langford <n5...@hiwaay.net> wrote: > From: Mark Langford <n5...@hiwaay.net> > Subject: KR> WAF spacers > To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> > Date: Saturday, October 2, 2010, 9:30 PM > Replacing the two bolts with one > longer one and a spacer replaces two bolts > in single shear (not the best) with one bolt in double > shear, which is far > better. Although I knew it already, I relearned > that lesson when I checked > my flaps after 930 hours and found the oilite bushings > elongated and some > slop in the flap...because I'd used two short pins in each > hinge rather than > one longer one (due to clearance reasons). Simply > replacing the two with > one longer one eliminated the slop. All the spacer > does in between two WAF > fittings is enable you to tighten the bolt up without > pinching the WAF > fittings together and breaking some wooden stuff. I > did the single bolt and > spacer thing when I revamped my wing tips, added the gas > tank, and put my > WAFs in double shear. I guess I should conjure up a > picture to show the > point... > > Mark Langford > N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > website at http://www.N56ML.com > -------------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
