Bob=85I do recall using a 9v. battery to check for full travel=85I=92ll
be interested to hear whether other listers found it necessary...as you
apparently did=85to trim the plastic fork-ends in order to avoid a =93foul
up on the root of the clevis before the motor stops=94=85Fred
On May 21, 2014, at 1:09 PM, Bob Harrison <ptag.dev@talktalk.net> wrote:
> Hi! Fred,
> Better check with another =93oracle=94 then but I remember first
sizing the clevises and then making the threaded rod to fit. What you
need to do is operate the trim motor to it=92s full travel position both
ways to ensure that the lever they are driving doesn=92t foul up on the
root of the clevis before the motor stops.
> Sorry if I may have caused some confusion but I recall needing to size
the clevises first and yours are clearly to be seen untouched? Of Course
all these years on things may have changed. But it is interesting no one
else has commented?
> Regards
> Bob H G-PTAG
>
> From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Fred Klein
> Sent: 21 May 2014 20:51
> To: europa-list@matronics.com
> Subject: Re: Europa-List: Electrical Wiring
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>
> On May 21, 2014, at 7:40 AM, Bob Harrison <ptag.dev@talktalk.net>
wrote:
>
>
> it occurs to me having looked at your photo of your servo and the
plastic clevises to ask if you have shortened them before connecting
them with the piece of threaded rod? You are headed for some hassle if
you haven=92t, since you won=92t get enough trim through the operating
range of the Stabilators without the bottom clevis fouling up on the
operating lever at the end of the travel range.. ( I think that was the
best description of the problem but check it out Fred before you close
it up with the top on!)
>
> Bob,
>
> Thank you for taking a close look at my build photo=85as I read your
post, you=92re asking if I have shortened the plastic clevises.
>
> =46rom the XS build manual, I read:
>
> Cut off a 32 mm (11/4=93) piece of the threaded rod and screw on the
two plastic fork-ends until they are butted together
>
> I read nothing about shortening the plastic clevises; rather, it
appears to me that the intent of the instructions is to ensure that the
shortened length of threaded rod allows for the plastic fork-ends to
abut one another.
>
> My top has been bonded on for several years, so you raise a possible
issue of some significance.
>
> Have I missed a bit of Europa-lore which never made it into print in
the manual?=85or what?
>
> All comments appreciated,
>
> Fred
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