Rebel Torque Tube Sleeves and Spacers

[John Kramer]

Once again I've confused myself by reading two manuals.

The old manual calls for W-150 (2 1/4" X .120-wall tubing) to be cut to 1"
CC-54 torque tube sleeves on the outboard end, and a measured CC-54 on the
root end of the torque tube cut from the same piece of W-150.

The new manual calls for a 1" CC-100 sleeve on the outboard end and a
CC-100 plus a 1/2" CC-54 spacer on the root end of the torque tube. The
text only says to rivet the CC-100 but the picture looks like the CC-54 is
riveted as well.

As I am fabricating my own sleeves (since the original W-150 didn't survive
the original owners storage for over 10 years) it is no problem to also
fabricate spacers.

My question is: Is the new system superior to the old version? If so
should the spacers be riveted (it doesn't seem to make any sense to do it
that way instead of the measured CC-54)? Does the new system reduce
binding of the controls? Is there some other point I'm missing? Is the
new version just a different way of doing the same thing?

Which is the better way?

John...





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[Wayne G. O'Shea]

Since nobody is chiming in John..... MAM used to give you a chunk of tubing
and let you cut your own...but somewhere along the line realized that most
guys don't have the equipment to safely and squarely cut their own.... so
started supplying the sleeves/spacers premade. If you can cut it square John
make them yourself to the exact width you need and just rivet as shown in
the OLD manual. If you do use the spacer you only need to stick a couple
rivets in it just to make sure it's not rotating on the thinner torque tube.

Cheers,
Wayne

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Kramer" <369R@kramers.org>
To: <rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 10:48 PM
Subject: Rebel Torque Tube Sleeves and Spacers

Once again I've confused myself by reading two manuals.

The old manual calls for W-150 (2 1/4" X .120-wall tubing) to be cut to 1"
CC-54 torque tube sleeves on the outboard end, and a measured CC-54 on the
root end of the torque tube cut from the same piece of W-150.

The new manual calls for a 1" CC-100 sleeve on the outboard end and a
CC-100 plus a 1/2" CC-54 spacer on the root end of the torque tube. The
text only says to rivet the CC-100 but the picture looks like the CC-54 is
riveted as well.

As I am fabricating my own sleeves (since the original W-150 didn't

survive

the original owners storage for over 10 years) it is no problem to also
fabricate spacers.

My question is: Is the new system superior to the old version? If so
should the spacers be riveted (it doesn't seem to make any sense to do it
that way instead of the measured CC-54)? Does the new system reduce
binding of the controls? Is there some other point I'm missing? Is the
new version just a different way of doing the same thing?

Which is the better way?

John...





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