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Originally Posted by nearly thers  Have a look at the following link. This gives a typical standard as used in the aviation industry. The principal of all wire locking is that it is holding the bolt or nut in a positive tightening direction. You should have slack in the wire and you shouldn't over twist it so that it is likely to fracture.
Use stainless steel wire if possible as this will obviously not corrode. I think the wire you removed would have been about 0.080" thick. If you can use some more of this use it but it will be tough to fit and twist. I used 0.032" wire on mine and I can assure you it will be fine.
I work in aviation and use wire locking pretty much every day so it is like second nature but I can appreciate that it does take a bit of practice to make it look neat.
One tip, make sure when you do your final tie off bend the wire back on it's self so that you don't have a sharp edge sticking out, otherwise your hand will find it at a later date and it is sharp enough to puncture skin!
Neil
Oh yeah don't forget the bolts on top of the diff are wirelocked too. Lockwiring Aircraft |
Hi Neil,
Nice link, and welcome to the mad house
