Drum to hub safety wire help

[Computerdoc08]

I’ve been looking at pictures on the site of how to safety wire the drums to hubs as it was missing when doing maintenance. I’ve never done this before and for some reason cannot grasp how it’s done in the pics/tm/ps magazine articles. Does the way I’ve done it look even remotely correct? can anyone recommend a good video or other resource to master this concept?

thanks all

 

[NY Tom]

Looks good to me. You can find some helpful tools at McMaster.

It's an artform in my opinion...takes some practice to get it looking nice.

 

[sue]

I’ve been looking at pictures on the site of how to safety wire the drums to hubs as it was missing when doing maintenance. I’ve never done this before and for some reason cannot grasp how it’s done in the pics/tm/ps magazine articles. Does the way I’ve done it look even remotely correct? can anyone recommend a good video or other resource to master this concept?

thanks all

Wire should keep torque on fasteners. in other word, wire should keep
bolts pulling tighter. Your picture shows a few pulling “looser”

 

[sue]

I’ve been looking at pictures on the site of how to safety wire the drums to hubs as it was missing when doing maintenance. I’ve never done this before and for some reason cannot grasp how it’s done in the pics/tm/ps magazine articles. Does the way I’ve done it look even remotely correct? can anyone recommend a good video or other resource to master this concept?

thanks all

My apologies for making it clear as mud? Your safety wire would be great
if they where left hand thread bolts

 

[Iron Maiden]

Maybe these videos will help. It definitely is an art!

 

[87cr250r]

The part that everyone misses is the direction of the twist. It's clockwise for the first, counter clockwise for the second. It continues to alternate if you are joining additional fasteners. The second video does this incorrectly.

The goal is that the wire that wraps around the head of the bolt passes under the part of the wire that enters the drilled hole.

 

[oboyjohn]

There exists special pliers for safety wire binding. The pliers lock onto the two wire ends and when you pull on the handle, It spins the wire together, creating a tight, uniform twist.

 

[Computerdoc08]

This is the set I used.

Safety Wire Set

 

[87cr250r]

The pliers are available in clockwise and ccw rotations. If you're only tying pairs of fasteners you can do the ccw manually but if you're doing larger groups of fasteners you may want both directions.

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If you expect your tie wire to see any exposure to salt then monel wire should be used.