[NSRCA-discussion] Broken Hyde mount beams (my fault)

[Roy M Medina]

I had a fracture last year on one of the beams on a Hyde 63 mount. I sent it 
to Merle he sent it back reinforced with carbon fiber and the isolator 
totally rebuilt.  Mount had about 300 flights at the time on my Majestic. 
Merle stood by his product and was a gentlemen.  I definetly would buy more 
and  I have.  Pay more get more is certainly true with Hyde mounts.

Roy M
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Pavlick" <jpavlick at idseng.com>
To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 10:48 PM
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Broken Hyde mount beams (my fault)


> Interesting. Well, call me paranoid but on my engine installations, I use
> bolts that are about 1/4" longer than required and I put a nylock on them. 
> I
> always check them during routine maintenence and I've never found a loose
> one. Of course I don't have any with 1000 flights on them yet! <LOL>
>
> John Pavlick
> http://www.idseng.com
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lance Van Nostrand" <patterndude at tx.rr.com>
> To: "hydesoftmounts" <hydesoftmounts at mymailstation.com>; "NSRCA Mailing
> List" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 8:56 PM
> Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Broken Hyde mount beams (my fault)
>
>
>> [pattern guys, hope you find this interesting/helpful.  I had an aluminum
>> beam break on my CR mount. The mount had about 1000 flights.  I sent it 
>> to
>> Hyde Mounts for analysis, not knowing if he'd really be interested. 
>> Merle
>> responded right away with this. --Lance]
>>
>> Merle,
>> I will gladly pass this on.  I'm glad you got to looking at it.  It was
>> not
>> obvious why it would break at that location.  I thought those impressions
>> were due to over tightness.  I never noticed the screws being loose, but
>> it
>> makes more sense that the impressions were made by a loose engine than a
>> tight one.  this has now become a much more interesting problem.  Your
>> recommendation to check and retighten as part of periodic maintenance is 
>> a
>> good suggestion and this experience proves it.
>>
>> It is always great to work with you.  Some businessmen wouldn't want this
>> information distributed, so your commitment to making the best product
>> possible and your openness should be shared along with this information.
>>
>> --Lance
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "hydesoftmounts" <hydesoftmounts at mymailstation.com>
>> To: <patterndude at comcast.net>
>> Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2007 6:38 PM
>> Subject: Beams
>>
>>
>>> Hi Lance,
>>>
>>> Its been a windy weekend here - for sure!
>>>
>>> I now know why the beam broke.  Over the years I have only had a few
>>> aluminum beams break that were not crashed or impacted.  I have saved 
>>> the
>>> broken beams and never fully understood or conducted an analysis as to
>>> why
>>> they had broken for only a few and not others.  After receiving your
>>> broken beam I studied the other few I have saved.  In each case the
>>> broken
>>> beam had a wear impression on it that was located exactly where the rear
>>> of the engine lug caused such impression/depression by being permitted 
>>> to
>>> operate with the screw(s) being slightly loose.   The wear impression
>>> obviously causes "work hardening" of the aluminum and the breaks have
>>> always been at the used tapped hole or with some beams at the location 
>>> of
>>> the unused tapped hole located directly under the position where the 
>>> rear
>>> of the engine lug contacts the beam.  The beam breakage does not occur 
>>> at
>>> the position of the lightening holes which removed considerably more 
>>> beam
>>> material - breakage
>>> at the position of the lightening hole would be most obvious - but this
>>> is
>>> not the case.  "Work hardening" is the only reasonable conclusion.
>>>
>>> Even nylon composite beams, that have not been crashed or impacted, and
>>> that have been properly drilled/prepared, can also break at the position
>>> of the "wear impression" that is created if permitted to operate with 
>>> the
>>> screws loose.
>>>
>>> Over the years I occasionally ran an ad in the K-Factor that advised 
>>> Hyde
>>> Mount users to check the tightness of fasteners/screws.  Another problem
>>> some have had is that the mount may loosen on the firewall.  In all 
>>> cases
>>> the loosening was caused by insufficient tightening and also over time
>>> the
>>> blind nuts compressed the firewall and permitted the mounts to get loose
>>> on the firewall.  The key to preventing this is to tighten screws very
>>> tight and also ensure "hard points" at all bolting locations.
>>>
>>> My suggestion is to ensure tightness of fasteners - and use a "T" handle
>>> type allen wrench and not be timid when tightening - securing screws 
>>> VERY
>>> tightly, to torque specs, will not damage any part of a Hyde Mount!!!
>>>
>>> I am not on the internet, nor do I have access to the NSRCA "chat room"
>>> site.  I would appreciate it if you would pass this information along -
>>> others may benefit.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Merle
>>
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