JP
FOUNDER
The Big Woods of Maine
Folks:
The other day I started prepping my torque tube control rod (the connecting rod that goes between the control sticks) for repainting. We gently blasted away the old paint with the glass beads and got a little surprise....the steel up near one end of the tube, which seemed fine on general visual examination, started to crumble away in little holes! Yipes! Mr. Corrosion had paid a visit.
An AP friend of mine picked up the tube and easily broke it in two with one hand. No effort.
Needless to say, this little piece of steel tube is vital to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. So, please, if you are doing an annual or whatever, take the damn tube out and really check it out. It is very susceptible to corrosion given its location.
The new steel tubing replacing the part is getting a healthy dose of anti-corrosion treatment and a little threaded insert that will allow repeat doses every year at annual time.....
The other day I started prepping my torque tube control rod (the connecting rod that goes between the control sticks) for repainting. We gently blasted away the old paint with the glass beads and got a little surprise....the steel up near one end of the tube, which seemed fine on general visual examination, started to crumble away in little holes! Yipes! Mr. Corrosion had paid a visit.
An AP friend of mine picked up the tube and easily broke it in two with one hand. No effort.
Needless to say, this little piece of steel tube is vital to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. So, please, if you are doing an annual or whatever, take the damn tube out and really check it out. It is very susceptible to corrosion given its location.
The new steel tubing replacing the part is getting a healthy dose of anti-corrosion treatment and a little threaded insert that will allow repeat doses every year at annual time.....