I had 3/8" bolts on mine and and that was a recommended upgrade since I
understand the 5/16" ones were bending. Bobp will likely chime in with
more details but there should be discussion in the archives as well. It
was also recommended to make about 1" diameter aluminum or delrin
spacers on those bolts so that the bungees rode on the spacers instead
of directly on the bolts.
A longer safety cable sounds like a good idea to cater to more places
where the aluminum tube could fail. However if my memory is good, it may
not be wise as it seems to me that making it go all the way to the
bottom bolt would cause the cable to hang out in the breeze below the
bolt in normal use when the bungees are not extended. Some of us used an
external 3/16" cable that goes from top most bolt to the bottom most
bolt to protect against a failure of any part of the bungee strut or the
bungees.
Ken
jean.poirier@oxyportneuf.com wrote:
Hello
On the lower slide tube, manual say to rivet #30 and drill #11 holes to 5/16"... but on drawing and 15.3.6 they show 3/8" bolts... on the
same drawing, they show the safety cable down to bottom of tube but earlier they make it shorter to be fix by the bolt on the center of the
tube....? %$/?$/"%&$%& manua... If it is all 3/8" bolts, my inventory is short of 3/8" bolts... but later for the bungees, they show 5/16"
bolts.... $?%?"% manual So If I have a 3/8" bolt on top and a 5/16" in the middle, is anything wrong?
Jean
Rebel 747Rl
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