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Old 12-29-2004 | 06:53 PM
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conradj87
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Thanks guys...
The wires were interesting. I could not get a good picture, i will try again later. First i drilled out the clevises, this is easier said than done. I guess i picked out a bad drill bit, but i snapped the bit in half,holding both the drill and the clevis in my hands, it left a nice little gash in my hand. Then i set up my dad's drillpress, and couldn't find another drill bit the right size, i picked up the 3/4" left of the old one, and cranked it into the press. There was no problem in the drillpress. GO SLOW!. Especailly with the black clevises, they are the only threaded clevises that will fit. i tore apart 2 or 3 clevises because the torque of the press. Next i bent 6 of the 8 clevises just big enough for the screw head to fit. Be careful with this too. Its better to bend them less than you need rather than more, if you bend them too far too fast, they will snap. The other 2 i put on the bottom of the fuse and marked them where the sides hit, bend those 2 at the marks. Then i tried to screw on the clevises. I put the 4 black clevises all on the horizontal stab, so it looks better. I found the screws that came with the kit to be too small, so after over 1 hour of trying to make those screws fit, i ran to the hardware store and bought new screws and nuts for like $.50
Once i got one end of the rod screwed into the black clevis, and cut the other end to fit, i soldered them.
Do NOT lay the plane on your lap to solder it. burnt my hand and my shoe pretty dam goodI would reccomend taking the wires off the plane to solder them. I thought of that then decided against it because no matter how many times you check and recheck it, they will be the wrong length. If i could do it again i would have taken them off the plane. There are small burn marks here and there, and i melted thru part of the tailwheel mounting bracket. Thats how i did it, im sure there are better ways.
If you need any more info let me know.
Put Loctite anywhere metal touches metal.
There is supposedly some chrome dip you can put these in and color them, i plan on doing that sometime.