[DeTomaso] Safety Wire 101....

[Kirby Schrader]

Indeed. Definitely better than nothing! After all, the failure mode with the
ZF (as I understand it since I've never had the problem) is that they bolt
backs out so far that it gets knocked off by the housing with further damage
occurring depending on how unlucky you are...

Thanks for the link, Julian.

I never did any research on the technique at all, but my Wilwood brake
rotors look like picture #1.
:-)
Seemed logical to me.

FWIW,
Kirby


On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 09:53, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> Although what Mike pictured was not ideal it IMO did offer a greater degree
> of protection than no safety wire at all. Not my ZF, but I have wired
> motorcycle drive sprockets with this method in the past.
>
> There are a number of accepted methods for safety wiring depending on the
> application, distance of the bolts etc. and stringing bolts together with a
> through wire is one of thos methods, although agreed execution of Mike's
> example was not perfect and may not be the most applicable method for a ZF
> ring gear.
>
> http://www.tpub.com/content/aviation/14014/css/14014_116.htm
>
> Julian
>
>