---------------------------------------------------------- Europa-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 06/29/16: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 04:02 PM - Re: Bungee nosewheel broke - need to order new (zwakie) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 04:02:55 PM PST US Subject: Europa-List: Re: Bungee nosewheel broke - need to order new From: "zwakie" Replacing the bungees with springs is a job I have planned for next winter, for now I will be putting on a new bungee. Main reason is that the stop tube is off-centre which I feel needs to be rectified first (as described in the appendix of Mod 71). Putting on a new bungee took some fiddling but I got it done. Now comes the 'fun part' for which I am seeking advise: On p. 29T-13 of the build manual there are 3 pictures illustrating the way the bungee should be 'routed' through the nose gear mounting frame. These images show a routing over the top horizontal tube. On the next page (29T-14) there is an illustration that shows a different routing: the bungee is routed over the middle tube and then straight down again. I had to route the bungee as shown on page 29T-14 (around bottom tube and middle tube) because I have insufficient clearance between top tube and firewall (1-2.5 mm maximum, by far not enough to squeeze the bungee through). This leads to a few questions: 1. Which of the two routings is the intended/recommended one? 2. I found I had to stretch the bungee to appr. 225% (instead of the 175% mentioned in the build manual) to get the minimum 150kg force to get the stop off the middle tube (this leads me to believe that the recommended routing is over the top tube); will this extended stretching cause degradation of the bungee or it's expected lifespan? 3. What is the effect of having less length of bungee as compared to when routing it over the top tube? Any way to counter/minimize negative effects, f.i. by adding a second loop of -say- 4 loops around the existing 7 loops? (if this is at all possible, would this second loop not 'cut' into the first one, hence causing other problems?) I am having trouble assessing how my install will hold, any advise from the forum would be highly appreciated. -------- Marcel Zwakenberg XS TG || 912ULS || PH-SBR Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=457538#457538 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message europa-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Europa-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/europa-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/europa-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.