The Crusty Cuda: Whole lotta Shakin' (N96) Goin' on!

[427TJ]

Originally Posted by Xplantdad

Isn't that the one that tried landing during a microburst?


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Yep. Saw the whole thing.

[A12pilot]

That was the crash that was the catalyst to airlines ramping up training and focusing on microbursts. Much like the Eastern L-1011 in the Everglades which heralded in Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning Systems (GPWS) which alerts the crew to how close they are to terrain in the area.

Fear not, folks! Purple is a coming, but I had to fly the past few days unexpectedly which is backing things up. That job thing keeps getting in the way! And at 105 here, it’s too hot to paint so I’m finishing up the suspension details today and I’ll be ready to shoot when it cools down!! I’m hoping tomorrow night for purps!!

Suspension update a little later,...

Cheers
Dave

[njsteve]

I imagine at that temperature, it would be spraying dust out of the gun instead of paint...Hey isn't that how powdercoating works? Spray that dust and then roll the car out into the sun and let it bake...

:-)

[A12pilot]

Purps tonight! 8hrs of final 400 wet, two wipe downs, and a mask fest that would ward off any cough the Chinese can throw at it! Where's my mask emoji?

Way too hot right now, so I'll start painting around 8pm. Gonna be a long purple night!

Cheers
Dave

[A12pilot]

But meanwhile, the suspension is all blasted and new bushings installed in the lower control arms. First step is removing the pivot shaft which also removes the inner sleeve of the lower bushing. That gets a slight cut and then separated with a chisel. Soon as it rotates it pops right off. Then it is time to remove the rest of the bushing. It works best to beat the lip of the bushing edge over creating a flange which you can weld a piece of 3/16 plate steel too. Install in the press upside down, 1/2 piece of rebar through the opening, then press the bushing remnants out!

Installing the new bushing isn't too hard, but installing the shaft is tricky since you can push the inner bushing back out. Installing a 11/16 deep socket as a stop allows you to press the shaft in all the way down (ohhhhy yyyyyeah, baby!).

Final detail on these parts tomorrow but the cosmoline won't be here for the LCAs until Monday.

Cheers
Dave

[A12pilot]

Here's a pic of the pivot shafts getting pressed in and how the socket fits. Also found remnants of red paint on the end link adjuster nuts. My Bee had these as well. So it appears a dab of red on the nuts after inspection? Jim... you seen that before on the 70s?

Then after blasting the tie down brackets, I noticed this one had H7 on it. I think this was probably labeled incorrectly or it could be a H for the "Hind" area, since they are installed on the rear frame rails. 7 could be the 7th version of this thing since they probably changed the design monthly to screw with restorers 50 years later.

....but then I flipped it over and realized it was LH for left hand.

Cheers
Dave

[A12pilot]

Paint!!

Now I need to cut out the 21,643 bugs stuck in it

Cheers
Dave

[njsteve]

As long as the bugs were purple we should be good!

[Lee Stewart]

[RS_COPO_Canuck]

Originally Posted by A12pilot

Here's a pic of the pivot shafts getting pressed in and how the socket fits. Also found remnants of red paint on the end link adjuster nuts. My Bee had these as well. So it appears a dab of red on the nuts after inspection? Jim... you seen that before on the 70s?

Then after blasting the tie down brackets, I noticed this one had H7 on it. I think this was probably labeled incorrectly or it could be a H for the "Hind" area, since they are installed on the rear frame rails. 7 could be the 7th version of this thing since they probably changed the design monthly to screw with restorers 50 years later.

....but then I flipped it over and realized it was LH for left hand.

Cheers
Dave

Yes Dave - seen that a few times.
Also the adjuster arms are always dipped with a certain color paint. sometimes both sides are the same color - sometimes not....weird. I usually see blue and/or orange. I'll try and dig up some pics....