Wire Locking The Brake Caliper Bolts ?

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hi
all Dax builders out their

just about to wire lock the 3 front steering bolts and brake caliper bolts

i had a few goes at it and it just douse not look right to me
and if some thing douse not look right it normal is not !

can any one post a picture or a drawing of how the layout should look ?
thank you
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[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

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thank ,s for that just what i was looking for
it looks like i got it all wrong ?
i work in the same as you do
i got hold of some 0.032 out of shelf life s/steel wire
all good fun trird time lucky ?

[MarkyC]

Does this help.

Mark.

[Noel]

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

[nearly thers]

I just noticed a small error in my original reply. I said you should have slack in the wire, obviously I meant that you SHOULDN'T have slack. It should be taut but not enough to break it.

Neil

[Daxman]

Here is a pic of mine,

Russ

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Very nice Russ, That's how they should look.

I let my father do mine as he's an engine and airframe engineer at British airways so has plenty of experience. He used the proper twisting pliers and ended up with something looking as good as yours.

You should have seen the wire that was on my donor parts before I stripped it down. It looked more like farmer Giles efforts at fencing wire!

Craig.

[Daxman]

Thanks for the kind words Craig, I have had several years experience in wire locking. I was an aircraft engineer in the Royal Navy for 12yrs working on Sea Harriers, which has alot of bolts and nuts!!! I also have a pair of "Rolls Royce" wire locking pliers, which make things a little easier.

Russ

[nearly thers]

Originally Posted by Daxman

I was an aircraft engineer in the Royal Navy for 12yrs working on Sea Harriers, which has alot of bolts and nuts!!! I also have a pair of "Rolls Royce" wire locking pliers, which make things a little easier.

Russ

Aren't they called Airman in the Navy? Being the senior service and all that. I bet her majesty supplied those locking pliers too? Damm good of her.

Neil