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Re: Europa-List: Mod. 62 - Replacement of tailplane torque tube drive

Subject: Re: Europa-List: Mod. 62 - Replacement of tailplane torque tube drive
From: Gert Dalgaard <lgds@post6.tele.dk>
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 08:21:49
Hi William
That could also be an option though it sounds a little to permanent  
for me   :-))
Gert


Den 27/08/2006 kl. 8.00 skrev William Mills:

> The other way is to clean the drive sleeve and torque tube surfaces  
> with acetone and a jet of compressed air, then use a wicking grade  
> Loctite to bond them together after lining up the tailplane  
> trailing edges.  It must be about 800 to 900 hours since I did that  
> to mine and they are still solid.  I will, of course, have to deal  
> with dismantling if I ever have to, but a heat source inside the  
> torque tube should do the trick.  I also had to provide some  
> lubricating tubes to replace the oil into the torque tube bearings,  
> because the acetone washes that out too.
> Regards,
> William



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