REFLECTOR: Castoring washer on nosewheel

[Dennis Martin]

Brian,

I think Jim Agnew and some of his colleagues suggested using a nylon washer
in place of the fiber. I'm at home right now so can't double check for
accuracy, but a year or so ago I believe I installed a nylon washer. Since
I'm not flying yet, if others have made this modification, can you report
how the gear responds.

Thanks in advance,
Dennis

On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 9:52 AM, Brian Michalk <michalk at awpi.com> wrote:

> I seem to have lost the fiber washer for the nosewheel assembly.  I
> added the rest of the parts that came with the kit which was two steel
> washers, and four belleville washers.  I then set my rotating torque to
> 14 lbs.
> Do I need to order a new fiber washer from Velocity?
> Also, I seem to recall that people are greasing the washers?  Is this
> still recommended?
>
> Current status:
> Yesterday we cleaned up the airplane in preparation for our first taxi.
> Up to this point, we've done weight and balance, and fuel loads.  We
> added 15 gallons to check for a leaking sight gauge, and that checked
> out okay.  This was the first time running the engine with all the
> baffling and cowling attached.  We didn't get very far.  The left brake
> didn't work, the prop pitch didn't work, and we found a couple of
> scorched areas on the cowl from being too close to the exhaust.
>
> I wasn't really expecting to get much taxiing in.  It has been May since
> the last time we ran the engine.  It took a while to wake up, probably
> from air in the fuel lines.  The punch list is getting shorter.
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All the best,
Dennis
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