Pietenpol-List: Axle Pad

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Original Posted By: Dan Yocum
Straight Axle Guys,Upon the suggestion by PF Beck that a rubber pad under the axle wouldeliminate a lot of wear and tear, I decided to incorporate one during theset-up of my axle and brakes. My brake design is a copy-cat from LarryWilliams, with one very important difference - his is yellow, mine is black.I even ran the anti-rotation rods thru the Hickory block! (Thanks, Larry)Many years ago, a friend had a contract to install rubber padding in horsestalls; the kind that would go on concrete, hold up to the heavy abuse ofhooves, and be ergonomic. He had a lot of leftover pieces, which he gave tome and I use for floor padding in my shop.to go over the concrete, hold upto heavy abuse, and be ergonomic..In the attachment you can see that I have run the anti-rotation rod thru therubber, but have not yet come up with a good looking solution to fasten downthe ends. Nevertheless, I have lots of this stuff; enough for about 15 or 20Piets! It's easy to cut on a band saw, and I would be happy to send outstrips to anyone who thinks this is useful. Maybe you could just cover theprice of postage.Gary BootheCool, Ca.PietenpolWW Corvair ConversionTail done, Fuselage on gear(13 ribs down.)DISCLAIMER: THIS IS NOT FLIGHT TESTED, TAXI TESTED, OR STANDING STILL INTHE HANGER FOR 6 MONTHS TESTED. HECK, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT'S A PROBLEM,BUT IF PF RECOMMENDS IT.IT'S WORTH CONSIDERING!________________________________________________________________________________Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:06:04 -0500

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Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
Dan,The whole thing just adds a very interesting chapter to that plane! Ifollowed its progress on the 'SPOT' web site (thanks for posting that),until it was time to leave for Brodhead.Happy flying!Gary BootheCool, Ca.PietenpolWW Corvair ConversionTail done, Fuselage on gear(13 ribs down.)-----Original Message-----