Bob_Belville Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 Caught this during annual. Right side hanging on by one ear, the left side cracked. So be sure to check, the new ones are considerably stouter. Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarmaster Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 Just now, Bob_Belville said: Caught this during annual. Right side hanging on by one ear, the left side cracked. So be sure to check, the new ones are considerably stouter. Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk Pictures?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob_Belville Posted January 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 Caught this during annual. Right side hanging on by one ear, the left side cracked. So be sure to check, the new ones are considerably stouter.Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob_Belville Posted January 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 I thought I had attached pic, phone instead of computer!Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarmaster Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 3 minutes ago, Bob_Belville said: Caught this during annual. Right side hanging on by one ear, the left side cracked. So be sure to check, the new ones are considerably stouter. Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk Good catch!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB65E Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 Thanks Bob!! Ill take a look!! -Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike20papa Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 I don't recognize these on my woodwing. Are these located in the wheel wells or in the fuselage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N201MKTurbo Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 Its weird that they broke, there shouldn't be any force on the idler arms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob_Belville Posted January 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 Its weird that they broke, there shouldn't be any force on the idler arms.DMax has a large collection of them!Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob_Belville Posted January 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 I don't recognize these on my woodwing. Are these located in the wheel wells or in the fuselage? In the wing, my plane has the LASAR liner so the "walking beam" is out of sight.Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob_Belville Posted January 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 In the wing, my plane has the LASAR liner so the "walking beam" is out of sight.Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliffy Posted January 13, 2017 Report Share Posted January 13, 2017 WOW never thought they would break but I do look at them. Good find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcopolo Posted January 13, 2017 Report Share Posted January 13, 2017 19 hours ago, N201MKTurbo said: Its weird that they broke, there shouldn't be any force on the idler arms. I looked at these walking beams on Bob's plane and at first impression I would agree that there would be no real force in play on these parts, but as we looked closer at the action on the landing gear in motion you can see that at the upper and lower edges of travel there will be a twisting motion on these beams due to the offset of the two heims held between the fork of the beam. If there is any binding during travel of the gear or if the rigging of the overcenter or limit switches is off, it would appear that these beams can take on a good bit of twisting force at the fork end of the tube. Ron 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1964-M20E Posted January 13, 2017 Report Share Posted January 13, 2017 20 hours ago, Bob_Belville said: Its weird that they broke, there shouldn't be any force on the idler arms. DMax has a large collection of them! Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk While I do not know the exact amount of force but since both rod ends are side by side they will introduce a twisting motion on the idler arm and a shear force on the bolt through the rod ends. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob_Belville Posted January 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2017 32 minutes ago, 1964-M20E said: While I do not know the exact amount of force but since both rod ends are side by side they will introduce a twisting motion on the idler arm and a shear force on the bolt through the rod ends. Yeah, so it's likely that twist is mostly, only(?), while gear is in motion and lowering the gear at higher speeds would tend to exacerbate it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob_Belville Posted January 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 If I haven't already mentioned it, the reason we were looking so carefully was that the right main gear was hanging about 3/8" lower than the left. I posted a picture on an earlier thread.Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyNameIsNobody Posted January 17, 2017 Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 How many airframe hours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob_Belville Posted January 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 How many airframe hours? 3100.Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marauder Posted January 17, 2017 Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 Now for the rest of the story (written in the Paul Harvey style). What Bob isn't telling everyone is that he really is flying around a bit more heavily loaded than he lets on. Right Bob?Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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