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PostPosted: Fri May 05, 2006 9:15 am    Post subject: Elevator hinge tab question?? Reply with quote

I mounted my elevator last night, or should I say tried to mount the elevator. The problem I am having is that the welded tabs are not exactly in line. Does anyone have any experience with this and what did you do? Oh, this is on my Series 7.

I could ream the bushing another .01 or.001 but I don't want unneccessary slop in the elevator. I sighted down the hinge line and the problem hinge looks to be about 1/16" out of line. Do you simply flex the elevator leading edge to get the fit? I guess I am used to the RV where everything fit like a glove! Any ideas or help are appreciated.

Darin


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PostPosted: Fri May 05, 2006 11:04 am    Post subject: Elevator hinge tab question?? Reply with quote

The difference with the Vans is that it is punched metal and this is
welded tube. The welding warps the tubing a little even though it is in
a jig. The advantage is that you can simply cold bend the parts to fit
perfectly. Do it before covering if possible.Also the elevator does not
rotate on the bolt, but rather on the bushing that the bolt clamps in
place so you will not get slop even if you over ream the tab holes. Good
question.

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I mounted my elevator last night, or should I say tried to mount the elevator. The problem I am having is that the welded tabs are not exactly in line. Does anyone have any experience with this and what did you do? Oh, this is on my Series 7.

I could ream the bushing another .01 or.001 but I don't want unneccessary slop in the elevator. I sighted down the hinge line and the problem hinge looks to be about 1/16" out of line. Do you simply flex the elevator leading edge to get the fit? I guess I am used to the RV where everything fit like a glove! Any ideas or help are appreciated.

Darin


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Lynn Matteson



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PostPosted: Sat May 06, 2006 3:04 pm    Post subject: Elevator hinge tab question?? Reply with quote

I had the same misalignment and solved it by putting the part in a jig
of sorts on my workbench and using a large pipe clamp, bent the parts
back into alignment. I just put some pressure on the tube that holds
the hinge tubes in place, until the tube was straight. I had to really
go beyond the point where it was straight, before I released pressure
on it due to spring-back. Mine is a Model IV.

Lynn
Kitfox IV...Jabiru 2200...40.2 hrs and counting!

On Friday, May 5, 2006, at 01:15 PM, darinh wrote:

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I mounted my elevator last night, or should I say tried to mount the
elevator. The problem I am having is that the welded tabs are not
exactly in line. Does anyone have any experience with this and what
did you do? Oh, this is on my Series 7.

I could ream the bushing another .01 or.001 but I don't want
unneccessary slop in the elevator. I sighted down the hinge line and
the problem hinge looks to be about 1/16" out of line. Do you simply
flex the elevator leading edge to get the fit? I guess I am used to
the RV where everything fit like a glove! Any ideas or help are
appreciated.

Darin


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Lynn Matteson



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PostPosted: Sat May 06, 2006 7:25 pm    Post subject: Elevator hinge tab question?? Reply with quote

After thinking about your mention of reaming, I recalled the reamer
that I built for removing the powdercoating from the inside of the
elevator hinge tabs. The method might work for you. I got an 8-foot
length of 1/4" cold-rolled steel and butt-welded a reamer to the end of
it. I then fed the back end of the reamer through all the hinge tabs,
attached a drill motor and pulled the reamer back through the tabs,
cleaning them out to the required diameter for the nylon inserts. It
won't align all the tabs to each other, like an align-borer, but it
will get them closer. Maybe something along these lines will work for
you. I don't know if the 7 uses exactly the same hinging as the 4.

Lynn

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I mounted my elevator last night, or should I say tried to mount the
elevator. The problem I am having is that the welded tabs are not
exactly in line. Does anyone have any experience with this and what
did you do? Oh, this is on my Series 7.

I could ream the bushing another .01 or.001 but I don't want
unneccessary slop in the elevator. I sighted down the hinge line and
the problem hinge looks to be about 1/16" out of line. Do you simply
flex the elevator leading edge to get the fit? I guess I am used to
the RV where everything fit like a glove! Any ideas or help are
appreciated.

Darin


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PostPosted: Tue May 09, 2006 7:30 pm    Post subject: Re: Elevator hinge tab question?? Reply with quote

Thanks to all who responded. I have solved the problem using a nifty little gadget I picked up at the local Lowe's. It is a flexibly drill shaft. I simply installed a 13/64 bit and drilled out the elevator tabs to allow for 1/32" oversized hole. The elevator went together excellent and works great! Thanks again,

Darin


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Lynn Matteson



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PostPosted: Wed May 10, 2006 2:54 am    Post subject: Elevator hinge tab question?? Reply with quote

I'm curious as to how you got the chuck of the flex shaft to clear the
elevator tube on the elevator tabs that are in the middle of the
elevator?
I couldn't find anything that would clear this area, hence my making
the 8-foot-long reamer.
Lynn

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Thanks to all who responded. I have solved the problem using a nifty
little gadget I picked up at the local Lowe's. It is a flexibly drill
shaft. I simply installed a 13/64 bit and drilled out the elevator
tabs to allow for 1/32" oversized hole. The elevator went together
excellent and works great! Thanks again,

Darin


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