---------------------------------------------------------- Glasair-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 05/29/19: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 03:39 PM - Install an "oil guard" on the nose gear strut (mppalmer@aol.com) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 03:39:17 PM PST US From: mppalmer@aol.com Subject: Glasair-List: Install an "oil guard" on the nose gear strut I wrote about this problem of engine oil from the engine onto the nose gear friction pad in an early Glasair Newsletter. My solution was to make a tiny aluminum stop plate that had the curvature of the nose gear strut tube on the top end. I expoxied that to the bottom of the strut, a few inches uphill from the nose gear. When oil drips down the tube, as it inevitably will, the oil hits the plate and drips "downwind" of the friction pad. Time: 08:50:41 AM PST US From: Charles Raymond Subject: Glasair-List: Re: Glasair-List Digest: 0 Msgs - 05/24/19 After my GL2SFT=C2- my nose wheel wear pad crumbled I purchased a piece o f hard 5/16th inch hard shoe leather for $6.00 and cut out=C2- a new one on a band saw and used powerful gray marine epoxy to attach it to the backi ng and used graphite as a lubricant.=C2- A short while later I learned Gl astar nose wheel wear pads were the same one used on Glasair FT and costs $ 43.00 and you have to say you own a Glastar in order for them to sell them to you.=C2- Leather was used as clutch and bearing materials all the way up to the late 1920's and=C2-I will provide up dates on how the leather h olds up.=C2-I think the cause was oil and primer draining down the strut and soaking the old wear pad. After replacing the pad I used a tie wrap to direct oil and primer fuel away. My ex NASCAR mechanic IO 360 200HP rebuilt (jeff@a2z-aviation.com) using his custom designed exhaust system and Hartz els' Blended foil prop, with the engine finally=C2-braking in and=C2- I am showing consistent=C2-226 mph ground speed at six to eight thousand f eet alt. As a side note, in order to clear the the nose wheel assembly I ha d to use a 180 sump on my 200HP wide bank. I found when I filled the sump w ith nine quarts of oil the oil level covered the cylinder oil drain inlets and backed up the oil causing excessive oil consumption and found a six qua rt max ended the high consumption. I used a removed oil sump and learned th e sump itself holds five quarts and adding another quart brings the oil lev el up to six would just clear the crankcase oil drain inlets.=C2- =C2- =C2- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message glasair-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Glasair-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/glasair-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/glasair-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.