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| Subject: | Bent Nose Wheel Axle |
Recently, a hard landing resulted in a bent nose wheel axle. I was extremely
lucky as there was evidence that the tire made very light contact with the bolts
on the underside of the fork doubler / strut tube assembly. The tire basically
sprung back down away from making permanent contact and locking up which would
have been disastrous. There are plenty of pictures out there to see what
typically happens.... :0
After talking to ZAC about upgrading this axle tubing to something like solid
bar stock, I was told that the axle from the CH750 is the same size and is a solid
update to what I had for my 701. I ordered CH750 part number 75L1-5 and new
bolts and washers.
The date on my plans is June 30 2005 with the axle tube dimension .625" x
.058" wall tubing. I checked the 701 update list and found nothing to indicate
a change was made in this axle since my drawing date.
In the end, ZAC is kindly sending me a free axle.
Does anyone know or, has anyone used this "new" axle and can tell me if it is a
solid piece of bar stock as claimed or has at least a thicker tube wall than .058
thousandths??
PS: For safety's sake, inspect your nose wheel axles. To me the width
between the wheel bearings seems narrow relative to the span of the axle
required for tire width. The bearing hub of the wheel should be wider. Or was it
designed this way to absorb impact?
Thanks for you time, Don
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Zenith 701 #76120
Jabiru 2200A #2456 67 hours
Sensenich Wood 64-PJ-36 Prop
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