comanche260c

I am looking for nylon piece that screws to end of byronair cylinder rod, in main gear of my byron p51..The nylon pieceis stripped insidewhere the cylinder rod screws in. I am thinking of adding some kind of epoxy but before i try that I want to know if anyone has some to sell me can anyone help me ?????????

Tony Hallo

Is it possible that the retracts were made by Robart?

JeffH

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You should be able to order some nylon or delrin rod from mcmaster carr and make your own pretty easily if you can find OEM parts.

edit: found some rod here...pretty cheap too

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalo.../delrinrod.php

comanche260c

not sure who made them tony, but its a good bet robart made the gear for byron.I know iorn bay took over Byron but they are hard to get in touch with.

comanche260c

THANKS jeffh FOR SPRUCE LINK IM SURE IT WILL BE EASY TO DRILL A HOLE IN THE ROD AND TAP IN A THREAD. THANK YOU

Luft-Gangster

Originals were plastic with brass upbrade cylinders later. Have both. Plastic are gray material and of course brass is brass. Note: top bag above with P-47 label is early version. Later version or upgrade version is bag below with brass cylinders. Same gear were used on P-51 and P-47.

JeffH

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Robart made retracts for some of the Byron planes, mostly the ones that needed rotating gear and the T-28 for sure. The Mustang, P-47, Zero, F-15 and probably some others used Byron's plastic gear. Even the GeeBee and Ryan STA used the plastic struts on knurled stubs mounted in the wing.