Hi! Tony.
Just keep it simple like the book says. You will be lucky if it is still
slack when you join up all four bearings with the control linkages, anyway.
I recall that the book says make sure that the bearings are free to rotate,
but the question is "what is free?" I recognised that free means worn so
mine were a nice fit, 'till I joined all four "nice fits" together then it
was bloody stiff. Resorted to injecting brasso and oscillating mine back and
forth for about two hours then washing out with a cleanser before it was all
"FREE" properly !!!! You are approaching a pit fall so watch out for the
positioning of the aerleron push rods in the right place through the centre
of the pitch tube at the rear bearing, I felt that the wording about putting
a temporary spacer in place was not too clear.
Regards
Bob Harrison G-PTAG
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-europa@aztec.houxou.com
> Subject: Front Bearing setup
>
>
> Gidday,
> I am about to join the front flight control components either side of the
> front tufnol bearing and would like to see if anyone can suggest a setup
> that will ensure ideal spacing. The parts are the control
> fork(CS02) at the
> base of the control stick, the tufnol bearing(CS04), and the bush that
> passes through the tufnol bearing(CS03). The manual has you placing the
> bush vertically through the tufnol bearing and into the CS02 fork whilst
> the Redux cures. I have found that the face of CS02 that mates with the
> tufnol is not completely smooth and creates a "notchy" feeling
> when rotated
> backwards and forwards. This uneveness has been pollished out by placing
> both 800 and then 1200 Grit wet and dry onto a sheet of coffee table glass
> and polished out. Worked really well much to my surprise. I fear that too
> little tightness may give a sloppy mating either side of the
> tufnol bearing
> and too much tightness may be effected by temperature creating binding. It
> has been suggested that I pack out between the inner face of the
> bush(CS03)
> that mates with the tufnol bearing(CS04) with an ultra thin spacer such as
> a thin plastic medium, but what thickness, if at all?
> Any help or tips on this part of the flight control setup would be greatly
> appreciated.
> Reg
> Tony Renshaw
> Builder No.236
> Reg
> Tony Renshaw
> Builder No.236
>
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