firewall/engine mount mods

[karl hipp]

I presently have the 2.2 litre 160 HP Suraru engine out of my Rebel to
replace the camshaft timing belt, water pump and idler pulleys. While it
is out, are there any mods/stiffeners or such that I should be doing to
the airframe?

Karl Hipp

On 1/23/2011 2:26 PM, Jason Beall wrote:

Hi Ron,

I just finished doing just that on my Super Rebel last week. I attached the springs with an offset equivalent to the distance between the rudder pedal torque tubes.

Seem the way to do it to me, but I haven't hooked everything up yet.

-Jason

--- On Sun, 1/23/11, Joel Jacobs<jj7499@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Joel Jacobs<jj7499@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [rebel-builders] control cable turnbuckles
To: rebel-builders@dcsol.com
Date: Sunday, January 23, 2011, 9:20 AM
Hi Ron,
This post came at a good time as I am just about to attach
my rudder
springs. I had not thought of using a tang to attach
the spring to
and provide for some adjustment - that is a great idea.
One thing I had been pondering though is this. One
set of pedals is
mounted 1.5" or so in front of the other so if the springs
are both
connected at the same point on the engine mounts then the
angle of the
springs relative to the pedals will be different and
although you can
balance them with the tang length at the neutral position I
would
expect the spring force to become un-balanced at any other
position.
I was thinking of mounting the springs at different points
on the
engine mount bracket so that they are at the same angle to
the pedals.
Maybe I'm over thinking this. Have you ever
noticed your right
pedal being any 'stiffer' than the left?

Joel
R416

On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 9:36 PM, Ron Shannon<rshannon@cruzcom.com>
wrote:

I set my springs last, and used little steel tangs to

set the tension

exactly where I want it. See http://n254mr.com/node/1391 No matter how
careful you are with making the cables, the sides are

probably going to end

up a little different length. By adjusting the length

of the tangs on the

forward ends of the springs, I was able to balance the

tension from side to

side more precisely.

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