REFLECTOR: Stick play (no, not that kind)

[Lynn Gallup]

I bought the new stick from the factory but before installing it I tried something different which was easier to do than replacing the stick. What I did works great so I have never installed the new stick. It's a little hard to describe but I'll try:

I got a piece of iron water pipe with an ID which is very close to the OD of the torque tube and the stick. I cut two one-inch lengths from it.
I cut the two pieces lengthwise with a hacksaw and filed the edges smooth. I drilled holes through each of the four pieces so they could become "encapsulating washers" (I invented that term.) to be placed on each side of the torque tube and the control stick. I filed large flat spots where the two  pipe pieces between the stick and the torque tube touched each other (for a bearing surface). I Slipped these into place and using a longer pivot bolt clamped the whole thing together quite tight. (The "washers" prevent the tubes from collapsing.)
A little high pressure lithium grease at the pivot point made the whole work smooth as silk and without any looseness. I've got about a hundred hours on it and so far it is working perfectly.
Lynn

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: NMFlyer1 at aol.com 
  To: reflector at tvbf.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 11:05 AM
  Subject: REFLECTOR: Stick play (no, not that kind)


  There was a mod in the reflector from some time back regarding stick play. It consisted of glassing a wide area washer to the torque tube, and one to the stick tube. I liked the simplicity of it, the larger area for distributing the load, and an area sufficient for lubricant. 
  I did this to mine after I had already installed the torque tube, and it was a simple task. 
  The picture is still accessible in the archives. It works great. 

  Kurt Winker. 

  By the way, thanks are in order to Velocity and the whole building process. I just rebuilt the tip tanks on my Cherokee 235 (fiberglass, repaired Very poorly by an A&P).  I completely rebuilt them and sealed them with Jeffco. They are 10 times better than original equipment.

  New tanks from Piper (without holes, fixtures or paint) $6000.00   

  Completely rebuilding my own, with all new fixtures, and paint:  $550.00

  Not having to pay ridiculous prices for obsolete parts:  Priceless  :) 



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