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An alternative.
I used 1/4 in bolts - short ones - with nuts on top of 1/2 moon shaped
spacers. If that makes sense. So you have a total of 4 bolts and 4
spacers. This was a bit of a pain to fit. However it does lock the whole
thing together.
Bud suggested a much better variation on this theme which is to use an
aluminium tube with a slit cut in it with nut plates instead of the half
moon spacers and nuts. Would have been much easier.
Will
William Daniell
LONGPORT
+57 310 295 0744
On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 8:32 PM, Christoph Both <christoph.both@acadiau.ca>
wrote:
> christoph.both@acadiau.ca>
>
> Hello Partick,
> I tried to respond directly by email, but it bounced back several times.
> Thank you very much for your suggestions, I have now scheduled a date wit
h
> a trustworthy machine shop to come up with a good solution. They even
> mentioned they could produce interference fit smaller pins than the 3/8 I
> got from Europa.
> Your valuable comments will go with the tube into the shop.
> Thank you very much,
> Christoph
>
>
> =EF=BBOn 2018-04-27, 17:07, "owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com on
behalf
> of Patrick Tunney" <owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com on behalf of
> ptunney@intergen.com> wrote:
>
> ptunney@intergen.com>
>
> Christoph
>
> Not sure how you were planning to tackle this job but i would use a
> pedestal drill or milling machine with the torque tube fully assembled an
d
> clamped hard to the machine tool table.
>
> Hand drilling and reaming will probably lead to disaster unless your
> are very lucky!
>
> I would approach it this way -
>
> Match mark all components so you don,t get them round the wrong way.
>
> Assemble the torque tube on the original 1/4" pins and loctite the
> components on to the torque tube. Make sure you have the stabilator drive
> pins aligned port and starboard, this won,t be an issue if you have zero
> wear in the assembly on the standard quarter pins, if you have then align
> as best possible before the loctite sets.
>
> Once set knock out the 1/4" pins and set up on the machine tool
> aligning the spindle on your first hole to drill. If you cut the head of
> one of the original 1/4" pins you can use it as a guide by mounting in th
e
> chuck and centering through the first hole to drill on both sides of the
> torque tube.
>
> Clamp your tube firmly and then using cutting compound start drilling
> in small steps untill your 1/64" below 3/8". Finally use the reamer with
> cutting compound to achieve the 3/8" finished size.
>
> Repeat for the other three holes and then warm the components to
> soften the loctite enabling them to be removed.
>
> If i was local i would offer to do it for you unfortunately i guess i
> am not.
>
> Also if this is just to remove slop in the pins consider a smaller
> stem such as 5/16". Also if your nervous about the work take it to a loca
l
> machine shop as this type of work will be straight forward to them, they
> could also manufacture some 5/16" pins if you wished to go for that optio
n.
>
> Good Luck
>
> Pat
>
>
> Read this topic online here:
>
> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=479611#479611
>
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