Chuck, Why does Edson not want a nut opposite the tensioning and lock nuts. Just because it is redundant and serves no purpose?
Is a tensioning stud bad? Is an adjusting eye better? Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 10:17 AM Chuck Gilchrest via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Per Edson’s instructions, both nuts go on the “bitter end” of the cable. > One is to tension the cable, the other is a locking nut to prevent the > other nut from coming loose. > FWIW, if you’re dealing with a swaged threaded rod on the end of the cable > and chain, you’re using a 38 year old steering component that is > recommended to be changed every 10 years. So cut the cable, remove the > threaded rod from the radial drive, get a new chain/cable set up with take > up eyes and rope clamps and be happy the old one never failed! > Chuck Gilchrest > 1983 Landfall 35 > > > >
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