Re: fatigue crack and break of tail wheel spring
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2017 9:05 am
Kerry,
Original question was compatibility between SS shim stock and titanium. I mentioned the bolts only because they were used with the titanium rods and that at one time there was considerable discussion of advisability of use of cad plated, but not SS, hardware with titanium.
Your reply makes it sound like you switched materials because you could not find drilled SS bolts :-) FWIW. I am still using SS bolts, but 5/16" size in main gear legs. That change was done with your okay well before bolt breaking was a topic of discussion when thought fit of my 1/4" bolts was too loose.
David A.
Original question was compatibility between SS shim stock and titanium. I mentioned the bolts only because they were used with the titanium rods and that at one time there was considerable discussion of advisability of use of cad plated, but not SS, hardware with titanium.
Your reply makes it sound like you switched materials because you could not find drilled SS bolts :-) FWIW. I am still using SS bolts, but 5/16" size in main gear legs. That change was done with your okay well before bolt breaking was a topic of discussion when thought fit of my 1/4" bolts was too loose.
David A.