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Colin Roney
April 1st 18, 08:37 AM
I use Evostick on my Lak 12 to good effect.

At 01:56 01 April 2018, wrote:
>I recently sheared off the tailwheel assembly on my LS
3a by applying a
>sma=
>ll side load to the tail while ground handling. The
tailwheel has a
>rubber=
> base that is glued to the fuselage and a roller blade
type wheel below.
>T=
>he base clearly functions as a shock absorber and the
entire assembly is
>de=
>signed to shear off in a ground loop. I ordered a
replacement tailwheel
>as=
>sembly and used a 3M brand spray contact cement to
mount the wheel
>assembly=
>.. I gave it 24 hours to cure and was able to pull the
assembly off of the
>=
>fuselage with very little force. There was no residue of
the contact
>cemen=
>t on the wheel assembly. Clearly, the contact cement
did not adhere to
>the=
> rubber. Can anyone tell me the proper type of contact
cement to use for
>t=
>his application?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Paul Stiles 9P
>

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