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jeff(at)westcottpress.com
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 Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:43 pm Post subject: Nose Wheel Torque |
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Vans has a Nose Wheel Torque posting up on the website... put up on
9/6. It seems to me that it addresses a problem Tim Olson brought up
a while back relative to wear on the forks. Have I got this right?
What say you Tim?
Jeff Carpenter
40304
N410CF (reserved)
Firewall backward
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Tim Olson
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| Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 6:00 am Post subject: Nose Wheel Torque |
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Jeff,
You know, after seeing what it did to the forks and now seeing people
with the new aluminum spacers have them deform to fit the taper of
the harder steel bearings, I'm convinced more than ever that
simple things like the torque value are not a good permanent fix.
That torque value will change drastically over the first hours of
operation, and it will continue to change for a long time. It
will keep loosening as the bearing seats better and wears and the
aluminum or stainless (if you're still nuts enough to use the stock
original spacer as-is) spacer develops it's taper to match the bearing.
Over time, you will find it will, without a doubt, loosen up, and
will likely at some point start spinning. Many people are now
finding some great ways to keep the spacer from turning. Van's
latest SB seems be just a torque spec designed to keep the bearing
from spinning on the shaft instead of spinning on the wheel. So yeah,
I'd torque it to their specs, but, don't think that this will let you
out of the issues with the fork wear...that's still a critical problem
that should be dealt with somehow by keeping that spacer
from rotating.
In the end, through some creative methods, people can have this
be a very minor issue. This is my favorite fix so far:
http://www.vansairforce.com/community/showthread.php?t=17878
It's definitely something worth doing before you fly, and it will
be more fun to do when the fork and wheel are still clean.
Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD - Flying
Jeff Carpenter wrote:
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Vans has a Nose Wheel Torque posting up on the website... put up on
9/6. It seems to me that it addresses a problem Tim Olson brought up a
while back relative to wear on the forks. Have I got this right? What
say you Tim?
Jeff Carpenter
40304
N410CF (reserved)
Firewall backward
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