Update,
Nose Gear. Thanks to Griff Pickett, he has loaned me the nose gear parts to get flying again quickly. John Bouyea has offered to send me an assembly that needs some minor repair to replace mine permanently. I have a local friend who will return an older Sterba propeller to me - I gave it to him a couple years back. It will work well enough, but I am still hunting for a permanent solution. Bill Page sent me a good link to buy a new one which is a solid option. Thanks, Rob From: KRnet <krnet-boun...@list.krnet.org> On Behalf Of robert7721--- via KRnet Sent: Monday, February 24, 2025 4:33 PM To: 'KRnet' <krnet@list.krnet.org> Cc: robert7...@aol.com Subject: Re: KRnet> Need a Propellor and nose fork assembly. Don’t see this one as a regular maintenance item, looks like a fatigue failure. I do have over 1100 hours on it, lots of landings to go with that as well. This is buried in the nose wheel assembly pretty deep. You don’t even disassemble this when installing it during building. Not sure how to check. Definitely would have thought the strut would fail before this bolt. Maybe during the annual inspection, you could get the nose gear off the ground and rotate it and check for issues. Rob From: KRnet <krnet-boun...@list.krnet.org <mailto:krnet-boun...@list.krnet.org> > On Behalf Of Larry Flesner via KRnet Sent: Monday, February 24, 2025 4:02 PM To: robert7721--- via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org <mailto:krnet@list.krnet.org> > Cc: Larry Flesner <fles...@frontier.com <mailto:fles...@frontier.com> > Subject: Re: KRnet> Need a Propellor and nose fork assembly. On 2/24/2025 1:21 PM, robert7721--- via KRnet wrote: Looks like the original nose gear failed at the lower assembly. The through-bolt sheared. I am going to take it apart, but not sure I can fix it. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Is this an item that everyone with similar setup should check before next flight? Was the bolt worn? I tried to make it a habit on annual inspection to rotate any bolt that was capable of rotation such as in control cable connections. I would give each a 1/4 turn to cut the wear rate by a factor of 4. Larry Flesner
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