Hi! Ferg
Happy New year!
I'm not a Rotax Buff so don't take any notice of me especially so early
in the new year but also because I'm only a Jabiru Man.!
Sounds to me like you need a compression clamp!
Simple Eh !
Bob H G-PTAG Europa MKI/Jabiru 3300
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From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Fergus Kyle
Subject: Europa-List: 914 drivers only please...
Now, lookit, a quick review:
Going forward, the Europa folk call the first 'frame' the
"landing gear frame"(1) - and then call the next bolt-on the "Engine
mounting frame"(2) and the final one the "Rotax Ring Mount"(3).
As a neophyte builder, I imagined these accurate structures
would slide together as smooth as silk. Wrong. I haven't even tried to
attach the rotax to the intermediate frame(2) yet, because I am busy
trying to wrestle the firewall together and must have the
intermediate(2) on and off the gear frame(1) for fitting purposes.
While doing the latter, I am using substitute bolts to save
wear and tear on the proper ones. However, when it comes to assembling
this jigsaw together, I note the bottom bolts face forward, the top
ones aft. How in Heaven can one install the bottom ones from behind the
firewall, attempt to compress the 'Lord mounts' and turn on the
requisite nuts in front - while holding the the whole shebang together
without dropping odd bits onto the floor in the process?
By what devious means (and doubtless questionable magic
incantations) can one accomplish all this? Have some of you people
cheated and paid others - or have you some creative ways to compress
these @#$%? pieces while singlehandedly screwing on a castellated nut
far enough to pin it for keeps? - Yes I am using specified A5-40
(43/32") bolts and they don't even begin to show through at the other
end. The Lord mounts seem to bloat the minute you take your eyes off
them, and if you don't use all ten fingers to hold the assemblies
together, several various cups go tingly-dingling under the mainwheel
area for about twenty feet.
I am getting drunk just having a small sip after every
failed attempt so as to forestall any nervous anxiety attack - and
getting farther from success with every try.
Jenny says she can't stand the bl***dy wimpering and is considering
moving to the Pacific coast in spite of the earth's crust being vexed.
This state of affairs is becoming crucial and there's not much time
left.
It's time to stop cackling behind your cuffs and come to my
assistance. There's a whole series of perplexing tasks even after this
phase is conquered so don't hesitate another minute.
Oh, and best of 2006 to you......
Ferg
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