---------------------------------------------------------- Zenith701801-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 08/09/10: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 06:00 AM - Re: Main gear spacer failure -- a happy ending (ejessee) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 06:00:58 AM PST US Subject: Zenith701801-List: Re: Main gear spacer failure -- a happy ending From: "ejessee" Thanks again for all your kind words and as always, for your help. I am planning to replace the prop at my next conditional as it will be close to its 5 year tbo and will also have close to 500 hours on it. It has never spent any time outside... not even this past week as KJFZ bunked it in a corporate hangar with the owners permission Someone pointed out that I didn't show the fitting that I replaced nor the damaged fitting. As for the damaged fitting, not much to see. I cut it up for patterns to place the new holes and thus can't show a picture now. You will see in the picture that he plane is tilted to the right. This is how she scooted the last several feet and thus severely bent the bolts on the right strut fitting. When I streightened them, they then had stress fractures. Here is a picture of the replaced fitting. Oh.... I guess I was amiss in saying "no scratches". You will see where the tire rubbed the strut. I did a careful inspection of the strut during the repair as well as the strut attachments to the wing. The strut was not bent, and there was no hole elongation at the attachment points. None of the rivets had moved enough to even crack the paint. Aside from that, As soft as these tires are, I don't believe that tire rubbing would cause any issues. Any opinions other wise? I have also included a fairly bad pic of the belly. Lighting is bad but look at it! I still am amazed. -------- Ernest Jessee N4931M Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=308039#308039 Attachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/0808101652_154.jpg http://forums.matronics.com//files/0808101653_143.jpg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message zenith701801-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Zenith701801-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/zenith701801-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/zenith701801-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.