swisseagle
Well Known Member
Hello,
My buddy found a piece of a cotter pin in the oilscreen!?
It is the bent part, that is broken of at the tight bent. Close to the broken surface, there are very small "start" cracks, so the material there was hard or stressed too much. It also looks like the pin was hammered down, but thats normal.The edges at the broken surface are polished, but this is because I had it together with coins im my pocket for a week or two.
The size is about 0.088" diam and 1/8" long. From the color I would guess it is SS material, but it is a bit magnetic (not strong as normal steel)
The is a TMX-IO360, horizontal induction, Mattituck build it, about 150h on it.
now the BIG QUESTIONS:
- From where it could be?
- Does it is harmfull to continue to run the engiene/fly the plane?
- What would be the next steps?
Thanks for any heads up and information.
My buddy found a piece of a cotter pin in the oilscreen!?
It is the bent part, that is broken of at the tight bent. Close to the broken surface, there are very small "start" cracks, so the material there was hard or stressed too much. It also looks like the pin was hammered down, but thats normal.The edges at the broken surface are polished, but this is because I had it together with coins im my pocket for a week or two.
The size is about 0.088" diam and 1/8" long. From the color I would guess it is SS material, but it is a bit magnetic (not strong as normal steel)
The is a TMX-IO360, horizontal induction, Mattituck build it, about 150h on it.
now the BIG QUESTIONS:
- From where it could be?
- Does it is harmfull to continue to run the engiene/fly the plane?
- What would be the next steps?
Thanks for any heads up and information.
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