[DeTomaso] Safety Wire 101....

[michael frazier]

One of the safety wire "kits" I saw had just one hole through the bolt head and used one long
section of wiring like in the photo.  If you torque the bolts carefully, they may not align right to
make a pretty safety wire picture but it will keep the bolts from getting lose and backing out.
That is if you run the wire right.  One more time...better than nothing.

Michael Frazier
Gruppo Rompiculi Corsa 



 
> Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 10:17:51 -0600
> From: kirby.schrader at gmail.com
> To: julian_kift at hotmail.com
> CC: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Safety Wire 101....
> 
> 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
> >
> >
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