Odd though, that they didn't just use a bolt with a drilled head. Unless you put a hole in the fabric that bolt wont go back in I suppose.
Odd though, that they didn't just use a bolt with a drilled head. Unless you put a hole in the fabric that bolt wont go back in I suppose.
Eddie Forward
Flying
SS7, 912iS, Garmin G3X
I've created conflict!
I'm sure you could get the bolt far enough out to regrease it if necessary.
Jim Ott
Portland, OR
Kitfox SS7 flying
Rotax 912ULS
Jim has got this....
May be different in the pre S5 aircraft; however, the manual is clear on which way it goes on the later craft. I'd reinforce the thought the reason is to have the smooth shank of the bolt rotate on the larger bearing. I am also not convinced that extracting the bolt would be impossible - it will come out a ways without touching the fabric; and, the fabric is not inflexible and can likely be deflected (carefully) enough to get the bolt out with the span of fabric that exists between the hard points.
So far I have not needed to remove the bolt; and, the recommended lubrication procedure seems to adequately take care of that anyway. I'd guess the fabric will be replaced in 25 years before the bolt needs to come out.
Dave S
Kitfox 7 Trigear (Flying since 2009)
912ULS Warp Drive
St Paul, MN
So I installed this the way the manual describes, even though seemed more dangerous than a cotter pin. Saftey wired it and bolt moved with linkage as described in the manual. On my recent condition inspection the bolt was no longer moving freely. The bolt would stay until the saftey wire caught and then moved the bolt with it. Eventually I think the saftey wire would fail with possibility of the nut coming off. So I decided to just use a cotter pin. I slightly loosened the nut to allow it to rotate with the linkage freely. This seems much safer to me? Even if the bolt stops rotating like it’s suppose to, the likelihood of wearing things out in my lifetime seems unlikely. Seems less likely to have something fail?
Dustin Dickerson
Building 7ss STI x 2
Oratex
29" shock monster
EP912STI 155hp
Garmin
N33TF......FLYING!
N53TF......FLYING!
The Factory uses a cotter pin on their builds.