I will now join the ranks of idiots who do not safety wire
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You may want to consider something other than SS for the hotside safety wire ie MS20995NC32 Monel Safety Wire (.032 Diameter), ASTM B164* The largest selection of Aircraft parts and Pilot Supplies.- SkyGeek.com or better yet, inconel http://www.skygeek.com/ms20995n32.html
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One last question about the resbond. Did you clean the threads on the bolts and the female threads on the housing before assembly, with a no-residue solvent, like brake cleaner?
In Hustler terms, did you wash your Johnson, and did she douche, before you did the nasty?
In Hustler terms, did you wash your Johnson, and did she douche, before you did the nasty?
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I talked to the Tial guy and he said he only knew of this happening once before on one of their F2 racecars and they used some crazy-expensive bolts that stopped it. He suggested safety wire. I'm not really thrilled that they chose to not share this with me from the start. How hard is it to say "if you're going to race the car, you must safety wire bolts xyz?"
However, they're exchanging the center section for a reasonable price.
When everything is right, the turbo should last years of track time...right? This is about to be too expensive for me.
However, they're exchanging the center section for a reasonable price.
When everything is right, the turbo should last years of track time...right? This is about to be too expensive for me.
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I'm gonna make little bend over tabbies for Nick out of the same .045" material I use for the reinfocement squares. Should do the same thing as safety wire but simplier, easier, cheaper.
Making one of those safetywire jigs would be easy too, i have some leftover angle iron from my BEGI/FM 3" downpipe jig...tap one side in that metric thread, clamp/bolt to a drill press, get good bits, go to town. But i'll spend my time on the bendy tab things first.
Making one of those safetywire jigs would be easy too, i have some leftover angle iron from my BEGI/FM 3" downpipe jig...tap one side in that metric thread, clamp/bolt to a drill press, get good bits, go to town. But i'll spend my time on the bendy tab things first.
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Reworded, I wonder if OEM (or near OEM) manufacturers are able to cheaply produce parts with very very high tolerances for cheap since they produce ten billion of em.