>Most difficult thing, other than drilling the holes, is spiral
wrapping
>the wire; I used a set of pliers designed for that task.
Actually the most difficult thing is not dripping blood all over the
place when you run a strand of safetywire into a finger!
Good safety wiring is the best thing out there to keep parts
together.
Ric
-----Original Message-----
From: richard.arnold@juno.com <richard.arnold@juno.com>
To: boxweed@thebest.net <boxweed@thebest.net>;
spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 8:05 AM
Subject: Safety Wiring
>> Another alternative, if you have a drill press, is
>> to cross-drill a small hole through the hex head
>> and safety wire it in place. You can run the wire
>> between the two bolts.
>
>>> Your joking, right!!!!??
>
>He's not joking. Safety wiring is normally used in applications
were a
>failed fastener will have extreme consequences (such as the
aircraft will
>fall out of the sky....). I've done it to a small-block Chevy with
>header bolts that kept vibrating loose (V8 Vega).
>
>Most difficult thing, other than drilling the holes, is spiral
wrapping
>the wire; I used a set of pliers designed for that task. These
pull the
>wire through a pair of guides and twist the wire. After that, you
only
>need to remember to secure the wire so that its 'tightening' the
bolt
>head when secured.
>
>Rich
>
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