Hi List,
I've just had problems with the cotter pin / taper pin that locks the king
pin to the fulcrum pin. The first pin simply wouldn't go through far enough to
get a nut on the thread but I only discovered this after first destroying a
nut and then the thread. For the second pin I decided to file it down a bit so
it would tap through further but it fared little better than the 1st one.
With the 3rd pin I filed for longer and it tapped through a very long way
indeed and using a fairly chewed up nut (last spare nut) it fitted OK.
Is it normal to need to file the pin - due to -remake/pattern parts not being
quite the same as the original? Or am I hamfisted?
Anyone (Ron Soave?) ever successfully used AN386 taper pins and if so can
they advise the part number so I can buy some from www.aircraftspruce.com
Thanks
Daniel
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