X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com X-SpamCatcher-Score: 30 [X] Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 01:14:27 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from samurai.delionsden.com ([66.150.29.112] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.7) with ESMTPS id 1873132 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 01:05:00 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=66.150.29.112; envelope-from=n103md@yahoo.com Received: from bmackey by samurai.delionsden.com with local (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HMHv3-0000Co-KL; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 01:04:05 -0500 Received: from 69.12.132.145 ([69.12.132.145]) (SquirrelMail authenticated user bmackey) by www.bmackey.com with HTTP; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 22:04:05 -0800 (PST) X-Original-Message-ID: <1203.69.12.132.145.1172642645.squirrel@www.bmackey.com> X-Original-Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 22:04:05 -0800 (PST) Subject: 235/320/360 nose strut question From: "bob mackey" X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net X-Original-Cc: "randy snarr" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.8 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - samurai.delionsden.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lancaironline.net X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [32015 2012] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - yahoo.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Randy: I have almost 1000 hours on my 235 nose strut and have a tolerable amount of wear. I don't think bushinging the hole in the aluminum arm will make much difference, as the bearing surface between the bolt and welded tabs is much smaller area and therefore higher stress. Either a fully-clamped rod-end bearing or the clamped sleeve will eliminate the wear in the steel tabs. Those designs will require that the ball end or clamped sleeve (plus washers or spacers) be a smooth fit between the tabs. Bending the tabs by tightening the bolt might lead to cracking of the tab weld, possibly with loss of pressure and fluid in the strut. Anyway, the wear rate on mine seems tolerable - maybe 0.010 - 0.015" wear now. Looks like it will be another 1000 hours before I have to do anything about it. Most likely the strut will need rebuilding by then anyway, and I can figure out what to do then.