REFLECTOR: RG nose strut pivot tube

[Matt Bucko]

Talk with Scott B about the heat treating the area has already received. 
If you weld on it, it will probably need to be re-heat treated.
Matt

Kent Murley wrote:
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> I have one of the oldest XLRGs and my A&P is putting in another new 
> nose strut. This latest failure was a ruptured pivot tube, up away 
> from the gussets.
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> On my new strut I'm considering welding in place a larger steel tube 
> (with cut-outs for the gusset) outside each end of the pivot tube. We 
> could even cut out fish-mouths to extend the tubes around the actual 
> strut, but I was wondering about the heat treating.
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> Would it be better to weld only to the pivot tube and gusset to try to 
> not hurt the strut's heat treatment or would that be undone anyway 
> with heat transfer? Would you then go ahead and weld right to the 
> strut also since it would need to be re-heat treated.
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> Am I making re-fried beans or does one extra heat treatment not 
> degrade it's overall strength too much?
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> Do we normalize the whole area first and heat treat the whole area 
> again after the fix?
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> Anyone else beef up this area?
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> I feel sorry for Greg and anyone else outside of north america - even 
> just three time zones away from Florida kills me in down time.
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> Thanks,
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> Kent Murley
> Tacoma WA
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