|
-
POSTING RULES
-
Donate yearly (please).
-
Advertise in here!
-
Today's Posts
|
Insert Pics
|
03-07-2017, 06:44 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: La Feria Texas
Posts: 3,822
|
|
Skybolt removal
OK, I tried to remove a skybolt today, with no success. Is there some easy way to remove the lock ring that holds them in?
|
03-07-2017, 07:20 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Meridian ID, Aspen CO, Okemos MI
Posts: 2,641
|
|
Don, there is a tool that does it. I have one but have not put the rings on yet so I havent tried it.
If you don't have access to one and dont want to buy one, let me know. I can mail it to you and you can send it back.
Good luck
__________________
rockwoodrv9a
Williamston MI
O-320 D2A
Awaiting DAR Inspection
|
03-08-2017, 06:52 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: La Feria Texas
Posts: 3,822
|
|
I appreciate your generosity, but I will need one as long as I have the skybolts. Never thought there might be a tool for that.
|
03-08-2017, 07:10 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: La Feria Texas
Posts: 3,822
|
|
I have this tool, but the Skybolt web page does not mention lock ring removal, almost no instructions either so maybe I am missing something.
[IMG]  [/IMG] |
03-08-2017, 07:16 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Central IL
Posts: 5,515
|
|
The locking rings are very hard to remove. On the SB web site they show a pick being used the "flick" them off. I made a couple of little pry bars out of music wire (heated red hot and hammered the ends to shape) to get a few off.
I heard from a good source that paint shops just break them off and use new ones. I have been using an o-ring to keep the sockets in place. Honestly, I don't know why the ring wouldn't be ok for life.
Sorry, no magic, they are a fundamental pain.
__________________
Bill
RV-7
Lord Kelvin:
“I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about,
and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you
cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge
is of a meager and unsatisfactory kind.”
|
03-08-2017, 11:57 AM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Tampa, FL
Posts: 2,861
|
|
IIRC I used a small flat-bladed screwdriver to pry them off and didn't have any issues--the trick was to get the blade under one end of the clip and pry it up and over the grommet. I have MILSPEC brand but I believe the grommets and locking rings are similar if not the same.
__________________
Todd "I drink and know things" Stovall
PP ASEL-IA
RV-10 N728TT - Flying!
WAR EAGLE!
Last edited by Auburntsts : 03-08-2017 at 12:02 PM.
|
03-08-2017, 12:14 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: La Feria Texas
Posts: 3,822
|
|
I got it off using the SKybolt web trick, using like an ice pick, not too hard to do.
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -6. The time now is 01:57 AM.
|
Linear Mode
