Hi Ralph !
I wouldn't worry too much about guide wear - over 10 years
and over 1,000 hours, and the cables were just a bit shinier near
the Delrin guides, and the guides looked like new ! Guess that's
why they use Delrin !! :-)
If you want an easy way to check, just re-make the hat
section out of 3/32" Lexan - then you can look through !! I'm
becoming a real fan of Lexan for fairings - it's MUCH more workable
than aluminum, and, because you can see through it, you avoid all
that hassle of blind drilling and back drilling - just position
and drill right through ! It takes a LOT more bending without cracking,
and seems much more durable... You can always paint it, leaving
a piece of tape where you want a "window". ;-)
.....bobp
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At 11:10 PM 10/15/02 -0400, you wrote:
We are planning installation of the elevator cables in our Elite and the
MAM supplied cable guides / hat section covers seem lacking. They have you
rivet both down permanently. How do they expect to do an annual cable
inspection or replace cable guides?
We already are planning one pulley at the forward end for the top cable
where it makes an angle of about 10 degrees with the floor. I am
considering running the cables in 1/2" white PVC water pipe which would
allow the cables to be disconnected and pulled out of the pipes at one end
for inspection. It seems the plastic would not introduce excessive friction
and would spread out the cable wear. A new, slightly deeper, "hat section"
would have to be made. The pipes would be secured at each end with Adel
clamps. That way the "hat sections" could be riveted in and the pipe
replaced, if ever required, by fishing it out the back end.
Am I overly concerned about inspection and maintenance ease? Has anyone
else come up with a better solution to elevator cable routing?
Thanks for your assistance,
Ralph Baker
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We are planning installation of the elevator
cables
in our Elite and the MAM supplied cable guides / hat section covers seem
lacking. They have you rivet both down permanently. How do they
expect to do an annual cable inspection or replace cable guides?
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We already are planning one pulley at the forward
end for the top cable where it makes an angle of about 10 degrees with the
floor. I am considering running the cables in 1/2" white PVC water pipe
which would allow the cables to be disconnected and pulled out of the pipes at
one end for inspection. It seems the plastic would not introduce
excessive
friction and would spread out the cable wear. A new, slightly
deeper, "hat section" would have to be made. The pipes would be
secured at each end with Adel clamps. That way the "hat sections"
could be riveted in and the pipe replaced, if ever required, by
fishing it
out the back end.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Am I overly concerned about inspection and
maintenance ease? Has anyone else come up with a better solution to
elevator cable routing?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for your assistance,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ralph Baker</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Elite 624E (reserved)</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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