Maillon (tail wheel chain steering link)
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 11:36 pm
Hi All
I've just changed the supplied racetrack shaped connector that attaches the
tail wheel steering chain to the tang off the steering arm as it was going
rusty after a few years outside.
I wanted a stainless part instead, and I'm just posting this to let you know
the name of that bit is a Maillon, sometimes called a Rapide fastener.
Available from a few marine chandlers, but I ended up sending a picture of
it to quite a few before anyone came back with the right name to look for it
Nig
745E
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I've just changed the supplied racetrack shaped connector that attaches the
tail wheel steering chain to the tang off the steering arm as it was going
rusty after a few years outside.
I wanted a stainless part instead, and I'm just posting this to let you know
the name of that bit is a Maillon, sometimes called a Rapide fastener.
Available from a few marine chandlers, but I ended up sending a picture of
it to quite a few before anyone came back with the right name to look for it
Nig
745E
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