Landing gear bolt fitting

heathy · 12-20-2012, 05:57 PM

I trimmed my bolts down as suggested here, however i now have a problem after doing the bolts up, the front frame spacer that they screw into is seems to be made of cheese. As soon as i got somewhere near tight the thread went. I've zip tied the skids on for now as they probably will fall off in flight.

Anyone else run into this or just a isolated problem?

Jeff_Barrett · 12-20-2012, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by heathy

Anyone else run into this or just a isolated problem?

Mine are cranked... no problems. I actually snapped a bolt off in the bottom rear frame spacer because like a knucklehead, I always overtighten things instead of letting the loctite do its job...

... my remedy? 6HV frame spacer (30mm) with two 1mm washers to get it to 32mm...

Kendo · 12-20-2012, 06:12 PM

Bummer, sorry to hear that. I had no problems with my cut bolts. But I do know its often a hit or miss getting a good cut that doesn't mess up the start of the first thread on the bolt. Considering how soft aluminum is it wouldn't take much for the bolt to cut some threads.

It's not a bad idea to thread on a nut before cutting anything with threads, unscrewing it makes things a bit tidier at the cut.

Is it possible that the bolts still bottomed out? The hole in the spacer is quite deep but only a small part of it has threads.

heathy · 12-20-2012, 06:14 PM

Jeff, thought of leaving them slightly loose so to speak, but after my mini maiden the other day 1 skid fell out and i had to land on 1 skid

Lucky into mud so no damage. I then decide to tighten them up some and bingo, the thread in the spacer went awol align style

Jeff_Barrett · 12-20-2012, 06:15 PM

Do you have any frame spacers from your 7HV or 6HV laying about?

You can replace with one of those and 2x 1mm washers as I did. I would move one of the good frame spacers to the front landing gear and put the new spacer and washers on a different part of the frame.

They are slightly wider diameter screws, and I think they work a little nicer.

heathy · 12-20-2012, 06:26 PM

Lol. I've got 3 smashed up 6hv frames here In broken corner. I'll take a look tomorrow now. Cheers.

Luigi_tuga · 12-20-2012, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by heathy

Lol. I've got 3 smashed up 6hv frames here In broken corner. I'll take a look tomorrow now. Cheers.

Warp's frame is 2mm larger than a 6hv? os is it a subframe or something?

Jeff_Barrett · 12-20-2012, 06:36 PM

Sweet... you should be able to get back in action then! Hit me up if you have any questions.

dunkonu23 · 12-20-2012, 07:01 PM

I'm sorry to hear that Heathy.

Scott

heathy · 12-22-2012, 04:14 PM

Don't be sorry for me Scott. Steve at Weston UK will have me sorted in no time. Till then there glued on.

12-20-2012, 05:57 PM	#1
heathy Registered Users Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Wiltshire England	Landing gear bolt fitting I trimmed my bolts down as suggested here, however i now have a problem after doing the bolts up, the front frame spacer that they screw into is seems to be made of cheese. As soon as i got somewhere near tight the thread went. I've zip tied the skids on for now as they probably will fall off in flight. Anyone else run into this or just a isolated problem? __________________ X2 SK720 MINIJAZZ 20 / WARP 360 SK540 KOBY55 / E5 SK540 YGE120LV / LOGO 550SX SK540 HELIJIVE 120 / 7HV SK540 YGE160k / 7HV SK720 YGE 120k / TDR SK540 POWERJIVE 120 / Futaba18mz / Skookum support rep

12-20-2012, 06:14 PM	#4
heathy Registered Users Thread Starter Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Wiltshire England	Jeff, thought of leaving them slightly loose so to speak, but after my mini maiden the other day 1 skid fell out and i had to land on 1 skid Lucky into mud so no damage. I then decide to tighten them up some and bingo, the thread in the spacer went awol align style __________________ X2 SK720 MINIJAZZ 20 / WARP 360 SK540 KOBY55 / E5 SK540 YGE120LV / LOGO 550SX SK540 HELIJIVE 120 / 7HV SK540 YGE160k / 7HV SK720 YGE 120k / TDR SK540 POWERJIVE 120 / Futaba18mz / Skookum support rep

12-20-2012, 06:15 PM	#5
Jeff_Barrett Registered Users Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Manitoba, Canada	Do you have any frame spacers from your 7HV or 6HV laying about? You can replace with one of those and 2x 1mm washers as I did. I would move one of the good frame spacers to the front landing gear and put the new spacer and washers on a different part of the frame. They are slightly wider diameter screws, and I think they work a little nicer. __________________ Owner - RCHeliCanada.com Compass \|\| Gaui \|\| Synergy \|\| Walkera \|\| DJI \|\| Skookum Robotics \|\| TracX \|\| Bavarian Demon \|\| MKS Servo

12-20-2012, 06:26 PM	#6
heathy Registered Users Thread Starter Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Wiltshire England	Lol. I've got 3 smashed up 6hv frames here In broken corner. I'll take a look tomorrow now. Cheers. __________________ X2 SK720 MINIJAZZ 20 / WARP 360 SK540 KOBY55 / E5 SK540 YGE120LV / LOGO 550SX SK540 HELIJIVE 120 / 7HV SK540 YGE160k / 7HV SK720 YGE 120k / TDR SK540 POWERJIVE 120 / Futaba18mz / Skookum support rep

12-20-2012, 06:36 PM	#8
Jeff_Barrett Registered Users Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Manitoba, Canada	Sweet... you should be able to get back in action then! Hit me up if you have any questions. __________________ Owner - RCHeliCanada.com Compass \|\| Gaui \|\| Synergy \|\| Walkera \|\| DJI \|\| Skookum Robotics \|\| TracX \|\| Bavarian Demon \|\| MKS Servo

12-20-2012, 06:12 PM	#3
Kendo Registered Users Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Europe	Bummer, sorry to hear that. I had no problems with my cut bolts. But I do know its often a hit or miss getting a good cut that doesn't mess up the start of the first thread on the bolt. Considering how soft aluminum is it wouldn't take much for the bolt to cut some threads. It's not a bad idea to thread on a nut before cutting anything with threads, unscrewing it makes things a bit tidier at the cut. Is it possible that the bolts still bottomed out? The hole in the spacer is quite deep but only a small part of it has threads.

12-20-2012, 07:01 PM	#9
dunkonu23 Registered Users Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Michigan, East of Hell	I'm sorry to hear that Heathy. Scott __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Spartan Vortex VX1 Inside Team A Main Hobbies/ProTek Field Rep.

12-22-2012, 04:14 PM	#10
heathy Registered Users Thread Starter Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Wiltshire England	Don't be sorry for me Scott. Steve at Weston UK will have me sorted in no time. Till then there glued on. __________________ X2 SK720 MINIJAZZ 20 / WARP 360 SK540 KOBY55 / E5 SK540 YGE120LV / LOGO 550SX SK540 HELIJIVE 120 / 7HV SK540 YGE160k / 7HV SK720 YGE 120k / TDR SK540 POWERJIVE 120 / Futaba18mz / Skookum support rep

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