Originally Posted by
airsound
Forgive me - not an engineer, but an observer of the scene. And I have read Bulletin S2. It's quite hard to understand...
However, I think what is confusing is that the bearing seized up at one end, and the nut came off at the other. Anybody else think that's the case?
airsound
I can imagine one end tightening up as far as it can, then shearing the weakest point at the other end (the split pin).