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Mine is like that and it is (in my case) the universal joint in the control shaft. It has some play, which I don't really like. The universl joint is kind of expensive. If I recall correctly, it's like $ 200 or more, from Univair. Eliacim N87071 Quoting Sydney Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any > advice in this forum.]---- > > > Dave, that's quite a bit of free play. Crawl under the instrument panel > and check the slack in the bicycle chain that passes between the two > control shafts. If you push up in the middle it should only go up about > 1/2". If you have more than that, the turnbuckle can be tightened to > take up the slack. Your mechanic should do it and then safety wire the > turnbuckle. > > Syd > > > David Douglas Winters wrote: > > >----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any > advice in this forum.]---- > > > > > > > > > > Hey Ed (and all) > > > > > > > > I finally have my bird rig balanced well enough that I need not carry > > a constant left or right pressure on the yoke. > > > > > > > > SO > > > > > > > > I have the opportunity to find that the yoke has a bit of > > free-play...and it scares me a little. Maybe it was always there, but > > I could not know because I always had to pull left on it. Maybe not. > > Maybe it is OK and normal. Maybe it is not. > > > > > > > > I dunno. Can anybody advise me? (or re-assure me?) > > > > > > > > The free play is probably about ½ to ¾ inch, max total. > > > > > > > > Dave Winters > > > > N2797H > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Bruce, > > > > > > > > YES! Glad to hear of his improvement! > > > > > > > > Ask him to please take all possible care. We?re looking forward to > > hearing from him and, I hope, seeing him again. > > > > > > > > Ed Burkhead > > > > http://edburkhead.com > > > > ed -at- edburkhead???.com (change -at- to @ and remove "???") > > > > > > > >============================================================================== > >To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > > > > > >============================================================================== > >To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > > > > > > ============================================================================== > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ============================================================================== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
