Upon further inspection, and research, seems there is no need for these fittings on my plane. There is plenty of room/clearance for shackles thimbles and sleeves...so no worries. I'll just add them to my Wicks list....I live maybe 15 minutes from them...:)
On , Chris Gardner <cgardn...@rogers.com> wrote: > Most large aircraft repair FBO's will have the swage tool and dies or > know where to get it done. > It's important to measure the fitting after swaging to ensure enough > crush pressure was used with a micrometer. Or have them pull tested to > ensure strength is met. > AC 43-13-1b (FAA DOT) has some details on this process on page 7-31 > Regards > Chris Gardiner > Sent from my iPad > On 2012-04-22, at 9:58 AM, phill.h...@gmail.com wrote: > > I have a Necopress swage tool. I was asking about the other cable ends > used > > at the aileron bell crank area, the ones used in close quarters. > > > > On a site of a company that makes these kind of fittings (turn buckles > and > > forks etc) for sailboats, they showed one of there technicians > installing > > these cable ends with a hand swager. It had handles like a large > bolt/cable > > cutter but the dies were identical to the little hand swager I have in > my > > hands. I was just wondering if that was kosher or not. > > > > Would a fairly large FBO/aircraft shop have the means to put these on? > Not > > sure if I can find a sailboat shop around here. > > Phill > > > > On , "Virgil N. Salisbury" virg...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > > > > >> There is a drawing somewhere for an alternate method using > > > >> two blocks of steel and two bolts to swedge the Nicropress > > > >> fittings, Virg > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > Search the KRnet Archives at http://mylist.net/private/krnet/ > > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://mylist.net/private/krnet/ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
