REFLECTOR: washers on nosewheel

[Rene Dugas]

I found them at the hardware store in a specialty box named machine  
washers.

Rene' Dugas, MD
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On Dec 30, 2008, at 8:42 PM, Jeff Howell <jeffreyhowell at hotmail.com>  
wrote:

> 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.
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