[rebel-builders] Moose gear leg / axle bolt size

[Charlie Starr]

Ted,

Though my SR kit was an early model kit, my axel bolts and holes are all the
same size. Seems odd that the holes and bolts would be different! No
operational problems with my gear.

Charlie Starr SR N96CS

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ted Waltman" <tedwaltman@i1ci.com>
To: <rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 12:02 PM
Subject: [rebel-builders] Moose gear leg / axle bolt size

I'm upgrading my axles/wheels to a larger size. When I took my current
axles off (which I assume are the stock Murphy-supplied axles with any
Moose
or Super Rebel kit) I see that the holes in the axle are all AN-5 size
whereas the holes in the gear leg are a mix of AN-6 (two on the bottom)
and
AN-5 (two on the top side-four holes total of course). In effect, the
bottom two axle bolts are merely clamping the axle to the gear leg
therefore
leaving all the shear load to be handled to the top two AN-5 bolts.



Anyone have any insight into why the axle would all be AN-5 yet have gear
legs with different size holes?



Ted Waltman





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[Dale Fultz]

The two bottom hole are an6 hole due to the up wards load on the axles and
spring gear. They have to be drilled to match it is an update on later
kits. It is well worth the time to do. The bottom bolt will have the most
load on them. When you look at the entire way the spring and axle load on
landing.. If you don't understand let me know and I may be able to describe
it differently.. Dale N269DF SR-033
bolt size

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[Ted Waltman]

Makes sense Dale. How did you figure this out or better yet, how did you
find this out? I just double-checked the Murphy website--there is no manual
update or service bulletin listed for this change.

Ted

-----Original Message-----
From: mike.davis@dcsol.com [mailto:mike.davis@dcsol.com] On Behalf Of Dale
Fultz
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 11:56 AM
To: rebel-builders@dcsol.com
Subject: Re: [rebel-builders] Moose gear leg / axle bolt size

The two bottom hole are an6 hole due to the up wards load on the axles and
spring gear. They have to be drilled to match it is an update on later
kits. It is well worth the time to do. The bottom bolt will have the most
load on them. When you look at the entire way the spring and axle load on
landing.. If you don't understand let me know and I may be able to describe

it differently.. Dale N269DF SR-033
bolt size

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[fdarnell]

Is this part of the Moose upgrade? Does anyone know if this is suggested for
the "stock" Super-Rebels (SR2500)? I've got about 60 hours on mine now and
no problems to date.

Fred Darnell
fadarnell@bellsouth.net

On 1/22/2009 9:56 AM, dfultz17086@embarqmail.com wrote to rebel-builders:

-> The two bottom hole are an6 hole due to the up wards load on the axles
and
-> spring gear. They have to be drilled to match it is an update on later
-> kits. It is well worth the time to do. The bottom bolt will have the most
-> load on them. When you look at the entire way the spring and axle load on
-> landing.. If you don't understand let me know and I may be able to
describe
-> it differently.. Dale N269DF SR-033
-> bolt size
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[Ted Waltman]

So far, Fred, Dale Fultz seems to be the only person that indicates that the
factory--at some point--started sending out gear legs w/ the bottom two
holes sized to AN-6. According to Dale, there was a notice/bulletin from
the factory but I've never seen such and of course there's no
notice/update/bulletin on their website now. I drilled out all mine to
AN-6, though I never had a problem with a mix of AN-5 and A-6 previously.

Ted Waltman

-----Original Message-----
From: mike.davis@dcsol.com [mailto:mike.davis@dcsol.com] On Behalf Of
fdarnell@dcsol.com
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 9:02 PM
To: rebel-builders@dcsol.com
Subject: Re: [rebel-builders] Moose gear leg / axle bolt size

Is this part of the Moose upgrade? Does anyone know if this is suggested for

the "stock" Super-Rebels (SR2500)? I've got about 60 hours on mine now and
no problems to date.

Fred Darnell
fadarnell@bellsouth.net

On 1/22/2009 9:56 AM, dfultz17086@embarqmail.com wrote to rebel-builders:

-> The two bottom hole are an6 hole due to the up wards load on the axles
and
-> spring gear. They have to be drilled to match it is an update on later
-> kits. It is well worth the time to do. The bottom bolt will have the most

-> load on them. When you look at the entire way the spring and axle load on

-> landing.. If you don't understand let me know and I may be able to
describe
-> it differently.. Dale N269DF SR-033
-> bolt size
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