Where do you buy your stainless steel .032 safety wire
How much do you pay for a 1 lb can?
thanks
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Where do you buy your stainless steel .032 safety wire
How much do you pay for a 1 lb can?
thanks
I bought mine at Bates Cycles off of Valwood / I35E...Moose Racing makes it. About 20 bucks if I remember correctly. I also use 0.041 guage from Harbor Freight. That stuff is impossible to break.
Aircraft Spruce http://www.aircraftspruce.com/
McMaster also has plenty of options for lockwire: http://www.mcmaster.com/#lock-wire/=lgacmn
I'm still struggling with a *rule* that .032 must be used. Not only is there absolutely zero engineering data to support it, but that crap is really hard to work with on front axle pinch bolts and motor screen bolts that are close together. I am finding I'm getting a MUCH WORSE locking function with a lot more slack.
Did you, uh, try twisting it?
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Malin Safety Wire, you want the blue can cause that is SS.
Fastenal
http://www.fastenal.com/web/products/detail.ex?sku=0985093&ucst=t
This location is right up the road from you and they show to have it in stock.
In stock TXGAR 905 S. Jupiter
Garland, TX 75042
P: (972)276-2615
F: (972)276-4169
Another vote for Fastenal...
Also take a look at this:http://store.revivalcycles.com/colle...afety-wire-kit
Thanks !
I see there seems to be a wide range of prices from $7.61 (+ shipping) to around $20 for a 1 lb spool :(
What about the pliers? Any advice or thoughts. Is the Harbor Freight one "good enuf"?
I use one of the Chinese made pliers kits, and they have worked just fine for a while. The aircraft guys do it manually with locking needle-nose.
You will probably also want a nice set of medium-sized electrician's dykes since the safety wire tool really sucks at removing the wire. And, I like to use needle nose pliers to curl the finishing twists into a ring so you don't snag or get cut by the wire's sharp ends. Especially with the .032 with its size and stiffness, when you use typical wire cutters on it you are left with what is basically a razor blade on the edge of the wire.
My harbor freight safety wire pliers lasted half a season. I'm been using the "small" size from Lockhart Phillips for the last 18 months without incident. LP also has safety wire, and if you are licensed you can apply to their "privateer" program and get some pretty darn good pricing.Quote:
Originally Posted by John Redford
It's good enough. I use it. The .041 stuff is a B* though when it comes to the front.Quote:
Originally Posted by John Redford
My pair is about 30 years old so I bought one from Harbor Freight just as a backup pair...they work okay...came unscrewed, but screwed back together...find a good pair that will last. Just my opinion.
Wire - aircraft supply. If that's not close, Amazon sells it, too. The blue one pound can. Less than $20 with shipping.
Safety wire pliers - IMO, Milbar makes the best safety wire pliers. They have been making them since, like, 800 years ago and they are not cheap. I got my pair from from my granddad as he was a pilot and an A&P. Still going after 45 years. I'm less thrilled with HF and other cheapie pliers, but I see folks use them all the time, and they seem to work. I also see some very poor safety wire jobs and I always blame the HF tool, even if it had nothing to do with it. I get my jollies that way.
Thanks for the feedback guys!
Completely agree, baseless rule. Use your big balla status and get that changed please;).Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Dugger
The .032 is utterly ridiculous, arbitrary, and shows a desire to have a simple blanket number, ahead of good wiring with tight point to point lines. May be necessary in the lowest common denominator world of club racing where there is no ability to build in a lot of inspection capability, but narrower gauge wire ran on a better azimuth or tangent would be a far more effective rule..
I'm not having any trouble with the 032 wire. There are places I'm using it where I used to use thinner wire and it's working out fine. In fact, I'm breaking a lot less wire than I used to. I'm surprised to see all the folks having problems.
.025 is definitely needed in key locations...
I buy wire in bulk from an aircraft supplier because we use it in my shop. However, I had to do alot of running around last week to find some local to Dallas because we ran out.
These are the only places I found to stock .032 in Dallas:
Fastenal
Grainger
Motoliberty
Baits Cycle
There are more I am sure, but these are places I know for sure. Retail on a 1lbs can is just under $30..
Dont buy chinese pliers, buy nice pliers once and you won't need to worry about it.
I have a pair of SnapOn reversable pliers that are about 3 years old and I use them almost everyday at work. Not a single issue.
Or people could just learn how to twist wire.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roger Albert
This.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mitch Williams
i noticed that the .032 wire sold by moose is much tougher to twist than the one in the blue can or even the one sold by bikemaster.
a good set of reversible pliers goes a long way, the HB ones will quit on the thicker wire after a short time, nothing worse than pliers quitting right before heading to tech ,,,