REFLECTOR: washers on nosewheel

[Jeff Howell]

does anyone know where I can get more nylon and flat washers of this size? I am installing a nose wheel lock and I am replacing the spring washers with a build up of nylon and steel washers. I cannot seem to locate anything this large... Thanx Jeff> From: lwcoen at hotmail.com> To: reflector at tvbf.org> Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:34:45 -0600> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Castoring washer on nosewheel> > Brian,> > You haven't lost your fiber washer, you never had one. If memory serves, > you got into this game about the same time I did and the fiber washer mod > didn't exist at that time. I use the nylon washer and it works very well. > Something I found about my set-up that I think is worth checking is that the > torque was not constant as the nose wheel is rotated to different positions. > I set my torque with the wheel straight ahead. My first high speed left > turn produced a slight shimmy. I found that when set for a left turn I had > a couple of pounds less torque and set for a right turn an increase in > torque. Find the loosest position and set that to spec.> > Larry Coen> N136LC> SE/RG Franklin/IVO> > --------------------------------------------------> From: "Brian Michalk" <michalk at awpi.com>> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 10:52 AM> To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at tvbf.org>> Subject: REFLECTOR: Castoring washer on nosewheel> > > 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.> > _______________________________________________> > To change your email address, visit > > http://www.tvbf.org/mailman/listinfo/reflector> >> > Visit the gallery! www.tvbf.org/gallery> > user:pw = tvbf:jamaicangoose> > Check new archives: www.tvbf.org/pipermail> > Check old archives: http://www.tvbf.org/archives/velocity/maillist.html> > > _______________________________________________> To change your email address, visit http://www.tvbf.org/mailman/listinfo/reflector> > Visit the gallery! www.tvbf.org/gallery> user:pw = tvbf:jamaicangoose> Check new archives: www.tvbf.org/pipermail> Check old archives: http://www.tvbf.org/archives/velocity/maillist.html
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