REFLECTOR: Torque on elevator push/pull tube

[John Dibble via Reflector]

Are you talking about both the elevator and aileron?

On 9/28/2014 9:45 PM, Brian Michalk via Reflector wrote:
> I measured my down elevator deflection, and found that I was not 
> getting the full throw, and decided to adjust the length of the push 
> pull tube to fix the problem.
>
> I unscrewed five turns on the rod end, and then tightened up the 
> locking nuts.  Next, I was checking for full range of controls and 
> noticed that the rod ends are rotating in the tube at the ends of the 
> max aileron travel.  The problem is that the rod ends are not able to 
> handle the entire rotation of the aileron tube.  The threaded portion 
> of the rod ends are rotating inside the bushing.
>
> Has anyone else seen this?  I strongly believe that this is a problem, 
> but I've never heard of anyone else with this problem. It might take a 
> few years, but it seems like the threads will eventually strip out.
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