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 Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:56 pm Post subject: Broken Baffle Bracket |
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In my pre-flight yesterday I discovered a broken baffle bracket on my AMD-made 601XL with 200 hours on the tac. This is a metal bracket in the right front of the O-200 that literally wraps around one of the hoses going to the fuel pump. The bracket cracked in the horizontal plane.. as if it had been vibrating horizontally. The bracket's condition was not immediately visible to the eye. This is (yet) another case where my original CFI's strong advice to "touch everything" paid off. I posted some photos on the Zenith Aircraft site at this URL
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jmaynard
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| Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 7:10 pm Post subject: Broken Baffle Bracket |
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On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 07:47:40PM -0500, Frank Derfler wrote:
| Quote: | In my pre-flight yesterday I discovered a broken baffle bracket on my
AMD-made 601XL with 200 hours on the tac.
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I've had that baffle crack twice now, but both times it's originated at the
other end (the end attached to the baffle next to the cylinder head). The
first time, my A&P made a new baffle out of .025 aluminum, and it cracked
again the same way; this time, he used .032 aluminum. We're hoping that
fixes the problem.
The baffle actually attaches to the crankcase breather hose elbow, not the
fuel pump or fuel line.
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Jay Maynard, K5ZC, PP-ASEL, AGI http://www.conmicro.com
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AMD Zodiac CH601XLi N55ZC http://www.tronguy.net/N55ZC.shtml
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