REFLECTOR: Removing Bushings

Alex alex157 at pwhome.com
Fri Nov 3 10:30:18 CST 2006


I had to do the same thing- I just used an electric soldering iron- just set
it into the bushing- took about 5 minutes to heat it up enough to soften the
epoxy - it transferred heat directly- worked great.

 

Alex

 

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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Scott Derrick
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 9:37 AM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Removing Bushings

 

Ron,

I bolted a long bolt(hardware grade)  onto the bushing then heated the end
of the bolt with a propane torch which transfered the heat to the bushing.
The bolt was about 6 inches long.  I used two nuts on the threaded end of
the bolt to clamp to the bushing with the head of the bolt out in the air.
I kept heat on the bolt and continually trying to turn the bolt with a
wrench until the bushing broke free.  The bolt will get red hot!  I cut out
some tin with a hole in it for the bolt to protrude through to protect the
surrounding  structure, and stuff from the torch flame.  

Scott

Ron Brown wrote: 

Scott Derrick:

 

I recall you said you had to remove your nose wheel strut pivot bushings a
while back.  How did you heat the bushings without damaging the surrounding
structure.  

 

I need to reseat my bushings as the new nose strut is a bit different than
my original strut (which I bent badly during a hard landing - don't get too
slow!!!!!!!)  My nose fork is not centered in the guides when retracted.

 

Ronnie Brown

 





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