design. I do recall dropping the spring into a closed end squared tube,
then pushing the delrin in and inserting a pin or screw sideways into
the delrin. I have a slot (about 5/8" long) in the square tube that the
pin can slide forward and back in. The end of the "closed" square tube
just had a cotter pin through it to keep the spring from falling out.
Come to think of it I must have changed the design because I welded tabs
onto the square tube for mounting it. Can't think of anything else that
square delrin was used for so you probably have the correct part.
Ken
Ron Shannon wrote:
I have a piece of 1/2" square Delrin rod stock about two feet long,
currently labeled D-10, presumably for the lower door latch "slide bolts".
The manual (Ch. 23, p. 11) says to "get the two pieces of 1/2" x 1/2" Delrin
material (D-18)" -- presumably cut from my D-10 -- and insert door latch
springs into the slots. My Delrin rod stock doesn't have any slots in it and
there doesn't seem to be any other reference to preparing the Delrin
"sliding bolt" pieces, much less cutting slots in them. (There's not even a
reference to "D-10" in Ch. 23.)
1) Am I just looking at the wrong Delrin part?
2) Is there some other place in the manual where prep of the Delrin pieces
is detailed?
3) How long overall should the Delrin sliding bolt pieces be?
4) How long should the slots be and at what position along that length?
Presumably the slots should be shorter than the springs.
I could probably figure out what the dimensions should be eventually, but
thought it would be better (easier, faster) to ask first. :-)
Thanks.
Ron
254R
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