Originally Posted by
David Gladwin
The shaft is supprted in the stab by the tube. Inside the fuse it is also supported by another tube. At the junctioin of the tubes is where the stress from vertical flexing, /loading, of the stab. Is concentrated. As your shafts have holes drilled near here they have weakened it where it needs to be strongest.
Probability is the rod wont actually bend ( pultruded CF is very resistant to bending) but could merely snap.
Unlikely but.......
D.
Makes sense David, thanks again. I'll have new rods on order today, and will glue them into the stabs along with a single bolt in the further out hole as an anti-rotation pin.