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Re: Europa-List: Outer aileron hinges

Subject: Re: Europa-List: Outer aileron hinges
From: Lance Sandford <sandford@melbpc.org.au>
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:54:01
Tim

Have a look at:-   http://www.uslan.com/hinge-kit.html

This is what Ive used in all my hinges from new but he says it works in 
an already worn hinge.

Regards

Lance Sandford

in Oz

> Hello all,
>
> My Europa has developed some play in the outer aileron hinges as a 
> number of people seem to have experienced. I am planning to replace 
> the hinge wire with a teflon sleeve but have not been able to find a 
> consensus about the right size from previous emails. Recommendations 
> copied below are for sleeve of ID 0.066", wall 0.012", OD 0.090 (with 
> pin 0.0625) or ID of 0.105, OD of 0.125, wall thickness of 0.010 with 
> a pin of 0.094. That seems quite a big difference.
>
> My hinge wire for the standard Europa supplied MS20001-5 hinges is 
> 0.092 inches, so the second suggestion sounds closer, but I'm not sure 
> whether the OD of 0.125 would go into the hinge. ACS specifies 0.089 
> inch pin for MS20001 hinges.
>
> I would be very grateful if those who have successfully used teflon 
> sleeve in the standard MS20001 hinges could tell me the dimensions of 
> the sleeve and hinge wire used, and where they were sourced from.
>


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