Fit each cable at one end only and swage up.
Fit loose swages and temporary clamp at the other end of each cable.
Disconnect the bottom bolt of the arm support.
Lift the arm 100 mm.
Tighten the cables hand tight and balanced, use temporary clamps to hold.
Test tension by lowering the arm to tighten the cables.
When happy, lift the arm, swage, remove the temporary clamps, bolt back the
lower arm.
Voila
Dave Simpson
-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Housman <rob-housman@worldnet.att.net>
Date: 31 July 2000 20:54
Subject: RE: Mass balance arm cable
>Having discovered that I too could not get the cables under tension, and
not
>for lack of trying, I elected to use a small hose clamp wrapped around both
>cables and the upper tube of the arm; not elegant, but effective (and low
>mass).
>
>Best regards,
>
>Rob Housman
>A070
>
> -----Original Message-----
>On Behalf Of william mcclellan
>Subject: Mass balance arm cable
>
>I would like to know how to best correctly tension the cables that hold
>the Stab mass balance arm centered over the pitch push tube? I have
>heard some use turnbuckles but the ones I have found are pretty bulky
>for this application. Has anyone found a small turnbuckle? My
>nicopress tool has a large head as it can press multiple sleeve sizes
>and it will not fit between the balance arm and the cable when the mass
>balance arm is in place. How have you solved this problem?
>
>Thanks,
>Bill McClellan
>A164
>
>
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