X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from ironmaiden.mail.utexas.edu ([128.83.32.53] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.0) with ESMTP id 1495132 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:47:57 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=128.83.32.53; envelope-from=mark.steitle@austin.utexas.edu DomainKey-Signature: s=main; d=austin.utexas.edu; c=nofws; q=dns; b=lvMKfFoOzNkZNMss+Dkwh0T56+P18rAtDE2xZgyTaIomQhX1ePEhMR6DSYQsPu2exUonSN561re0r4+ycqFkt2qpYxzaLGkB2oG3NvUBdkYHnQN0hNBVYq9lCByapU3JQkhAkR5HvLhtgHf67o//fnDvXeyYt0E1RRQgnbB8OX8=; Received: from exb01.austin.utexas.edu (HELO MAIL01.austin.utexas.edu) ([129.116.87.142]) by ironmaiden.mail.utexas.edu with ESMTP; 23 Oct 2006 10:47:37 -0500 Received: from MAIL02.austin.utexas.edu ([129.116.87.143]) by MAIL01.austin.utexas.edu with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Mon, 23 Oct 2006 10:47:36 -0500 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C6F6BA.8FCB3408" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Flywheel nut Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 10:47:36 -0500 Message-ID: <5B59870CA143DD408BD6279374B74C8B0196909A@MAIL02.austin.utexas.edu> In-Reply-To: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [FlyRotary] Re: Flywheel nut Thread-Index: Acb2t9nPu9CfemOOQE6l5zvCDfMbGQAAcVDQ From: "Mark R Steitle" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Return-Path: mark.steitle@austin.utexas.edu X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Oct 2006 15:47:36.0309 (UTC) FILETIME=[8FC5C250:01C6F6BA] This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C6F6BA.8FCB3408 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable While we're discussing tools, can someone suggest a brand of spark plug socket that is thin enough to use with anything other than the standard rotary spark plugs? I tried the NGK Iridium plugs last weekend and had trouble getting a socket that would tighten them the final 1/8 turn. Rather than grinding down my current socket or modifying the rotor housings, I would like to purchase a thin-walled socket. Any suggested sources? =20 =20 Mark S. =20 ________________________________ From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Dale Rogers Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 10:28 AM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Flywheel nut =20 FWIW, Snap-On wrenches and sockets have offered that same=20 feature - off-point bearing "flank drive" - for over 20 years. =20 Dale R. Donald Willard Garrett wrote:=20 Years ago, I stayed up watching one of those infomercial shows, and made what turned out to be my favorite tool purchase ever. When they got stolen from my car, I bought the deluxe set, and like it even better. Rather than turning the corners of the nut, they cam onto the face, meaning:=20 1. each socket / wrench does both metric and the nearest fraction of=20 an inch=20 2. you can't strip a nut or bolt head with them=20 3. you can turn a nut or bolt that's stripped almost round=20 Additionally, I've used (abused) them with cheater bars, and am confident that anything I can get a socket on I can either crack or twist off the bolt (like the head bolt on a Chevy 454--oops). I've pulled engines etc. foreign and domestic, and handed them over on numerous occasions to jobsite crews when regular hex wrenches fail (tool sacrifice--watched guys hang from them and hit them with hammers) with zero failures.=20 There you have it, of all the tools I own, the only ones I'd ever do a commercial for!=20 http://www.mitools.com/=20 =20 -- Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/ ------_=_NextPart_001_01C6F6BA.8FCB3408 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

While we’re discussing tools, = can someone suggest a brand of spark plug socket that is thin enough to use = with anything other than the standard rotary spark plugs? I tried the NGK = Iridium plugs last weekend and had trouble getting a socket that would tighten them the = final 1/8 turn. Rather than grinding down my current socket or modifying the = rotor housings, I would like to purchase a thin-walled socket. Any = suggested sources?

Mark = S.

From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Dale Rogers
Sent: Monday, October 23, = 2006 10:28 AM
To: Rotary motors in = aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: = Flywheel nut

FWIW, Snap-On wrenches and sockets have = offered that same
feature - off-point bearing "flank drive" - for over 20 = years.

Dale R.
Donald Willard Garrett wrote:

Years ago, I stayed up watching one of those infomercial shows, and made what turned out to be my favorite tool = purchase ever. When they got stolen from my car, I bought the deluxe set, and = like it even better. Rather than turning the corners of the nut, they cam onto = the face, meaning:

1. each socket / wrench does both metric and the nearest fraction = of
an inch
2. you can't strip a nut or bolt head with them
3. you can turn a nut or bolt that's stripped almost round

Additionally, I've used (abused) them with cheater bars, and am = confident that anything I can get a socket on I can either crack or twist off the bolt = (like the head bolt on a Chevy 454--oops). I've pulled engines etc. foreign = and domestic, and handed them over on numerous occasions to jobsite crews = when regular hex wrenches fail (tool sacrifice--watched guys hang from them = and hit them with hammers) with zero failures.

There you have it, of all the tools I own, the only ones I'd ever do a commercial for!

http://www.mitools.com/ =

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