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1. 06:55 AM - GL2SFT (Craymondw@aol.com)
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From: Craymondw@aol.com
Subject: GL2SFT
As I pulled my plane out of my hanger I heard a loud snapping noise coming
from my front nose gear assembly and decided to place a box wrench on the
eight trunnion bolts on my fire wall ribs and discovered they were lose. I
treat those bolts as though they are attached to wood and snug them hand
tight. I found it took about six flats to snug them up. I completed my Gl2SFT
in 1991 and found the smaller 3/16" bolts often loosened up. In 1996 the
day before I planned on replacing them with larger bolts the nose gear
assembly departed my plane while landing on a sandy grass threshold causing
much damage. When I repaired the plane I installed larger 1/4" trunnion bolts
and that appeared to solve the problem. I think the reason they loosened up
this time was due to shrinkage of the composite material over time and not
the bolts stretching. A few years back I also noticed the wing brackets
screws had also loosened. Several years ago I painted thin red lines on all
of my elevator bolts to see if they were remaining in place because getting
a wrench on those bolts would require removing the elevators.
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