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Trike Ops commented on a page titled Just found a frayed upper rear cable on my wing!- Ken commented on a page titled Just found a frayed upper rear cable on my wing!
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- Leo commented on the file Location of upper cable damage
- Leo commented on the file Frayed cable - upper rear support iXess
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Trike OpsGood catch Ken! What I see on that picture is a deformed thimble and a frayed cable. The thimble is not a perfect teardrop, unless it was made that way, but I highly doubt it since the fray is on the same side. Looks like is was crushed at some point. Did you look at the top of the keel under the sail to make sure there is no damage there or at any other part or area nearby. Glad you found it before the next flight, unless the next flight is with that sweet GT-5 of yours. Fly Safe!
Pedro
- Ken
I think it must gotten hung up in the haul back lever mechanism at some point. There is some intense leverage going on there on the wing to be sure. I see no other damage to the keel, or haul back cables etc... No idea how many hours have been flown in that condition, but that wing is grounded till a new cable arrives. So currently she is sporting the gt5 again...and I replaced the oil line that was wearing as well. Ready to get back at it!
- Trike Ops
Too bad I had to leave. Hope to meet you guys again for some flying and can't wait to get some training going this year.
- Ken uploaded the file Location of upper cable damageComments
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- Leo commented on the album 16 Hour trike inspection course of 2015
- Happy Triker commented on the album 16 Hour trike inspection course of 2015
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- Happy Triker
Good to have that all paticipants are trike pilots including the instructor. When I attended the class at Rainbow Aviation, there are only few trike pilots. So we didn't discussed many trike specific issues.
- Illinois Triker commented on the album Maintenance on 503.
- Sally Tucker aka Deafladyhawk commented on the album Maintenance on 503.
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- RizzyWizzy
You can buy new grommets, you will probably have to open the carb to put the new one on. I believe the only purpose they serve is prevent water from going in the carbs. I had smaller cracks on my old trike and even though I had bought replacement grommets, I never installed them because I didn't want to mess with the carbs...I just used electric tape...but yours probably need to be replaced....mine had very minor cracks.
- Sally Tucker aka Deafladyhawk
All of them has bigger cracks, I prefer to install them. Are these called grommet or protection cap? I saw the word "protection cap" in the rotax manual.
I plan to be at the Flying J ranch to see my J boys on Sunday. I'll ask them to help me with that.
- Illinois Triker
Hi Sally,
LEAF (Leading Edge Airfoils) Supply catalog refers to these as cable grommets.
You need to remove the cable from the carb to install new ones. It's a simple process but it wouldn't hurt to do so with the aid of someone who has taken a Bing carb apart before.
Here is a link to LEAF's catalog page showing a rebuild kit and referring to it as a cable grommet.
http://store.leadingedgeairfoils.com/product_info.php?products_id=14728
Regards, Allan
