Thought I would start another thread so this is easier to find. Since we are converting the C182P to floats with the SeaPlanesWest kit, we need to set up the edo 2960s it will ride. I wondered for a long time what “pork chops” were. Someone posted a photo but since I just finished scrubbing all the float hardware, here is the whole set, minus the barrels, rudders and spreader bars. I will leave it to the reader, or the peanut gallery to name all the parts. Yes the bag has all the bolts and springs. Rigging is a whole other topic we will get to.

I see spreader bar saddles, forward cleats, fore & aft fuselage fittings and those two honking big chunk of material at the bottom of the picture are the "pork chops" and the aforemention bag of nuts & bolts.

Edo calls the “spreader bar saddles”, strut brackets, wire pulls and “clamshells”, along with associated bolts, nuts and washers, the “deck fittings”. The “pork chops” are called the “fuselage fittings”. But this does get tricky because the “pork chops” are the FWD Fuselage fittings on a tail dragger and the rear fuselage fittings on a nosegear airplane. Edo calls the “spreader bar plugs“ “filler blocks”.
You can tell I am trying to decipher the Edo installation drawings.
Does anybody here know what, if any lubricants or sealants are called for in a float assembly? Marine grease on the bolt barrels? What goes under the clamshells. The Edo drawings don’t call any out.
I will be talking to Edo tomorrow but trying to understand what I can.

Paralketone-old skool-used for decades

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RockHopper wrote:Paralketone-old skool-used for decades

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I flew in Kodiak, in and out of salt water pretty much all year, straight floats and amphibs. Paralketone was always my go to "stuff" for corrosion prevention. Once that stuff dries, it'll continue to protect joints, bolts, etc for a long time.

It's a preservative, not a lubricant. Proper tool for the task.

MTV

Progress. Thanks for the tips.
Sorted and cleaned all but the bolts/nuts. The LPS-3 or whatever is on the float fitting bolts make them hard to install but we have them fitted up. Missing a couple of nut plates. Thanks for the tip on swapping the deck fittings for the 182 setup. Not obvious from the drawings. And you have to switch the flying wire bracket to the other bolt.
Definitely a 3 person job.

PNW Flyer wrote: Thanks for the tip on swapping the deck fittings for the 182 setup. Not obvious from the drawings. And you have to switch the flying wire bracket to the other bolt.
Definitely a 3 person job.

Flying wire brackets are called "wire pulls".

Both the piston beaver and the turbo beaver in the photo are for sale if anyone's interested

Kenmore recommend USS TefGel antisieze for the bolt shafts (not the threads). And the Lucas red and tacky grease for protecting the nuts and exposed threads once the nuts are torqued.

Just for clarity, while the lead photo showed pork chops, the tubular gear 182s don’t use pork chops. They have a tubular adapter to connect the struts to the gear saddles.
And new AN7-72A bolts (7/16 x 8”) are $50 each. Prices vary wildly.

Has anyone found a good way to slow the corrosion under the cable guides? Ours has some corrosion which we are addressing with scotchbrite, primer and paint, but it seems there should be a better way.

I haven't seen this anywhere so will post it here.
Order of assembly of 2960s:
Deck fittings - clean and prime all contact surfaces
Place Large washers, and wire pulls, then strut brackets, then 7 inch by 7/16 bolt with AL washer, barrel coated with antisieze. Add the Lower saddles and start the washer/nut.
Clam shells, buttered with 3M 4200. They are numbered for location.
4 inch by 7/16 bolts with washers in spreader bars with antisieze, don't forget the Filler Blocks (buttered with 4200)
3/8 and 5/16 bolts and screws,
All inserted with nuts on but not torqued
When all in place (note, the 4 inch bolts have to be pulled down a bit to get the other clamshell bolts on) start torqueing from the largest bolts first, evenly so it all squares up.

PNW Flyer wrote:I wondered for a long time what “pork chops” were...

I don't know but no matter how much BBQ sauce I put on 'em they were tougher than leather and had an awful metallic taste...

Lisa

I don't know but no matter how much BBQ sauce I put on 'em they were tougher than leather and had an awful metallic taste...

Lisa[/quote]

There is one in every crowd. LoL