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01-19-2020, 11:29 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Livermore, CA
Posts: 397
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New T-handle push-pull failure
A while ago, I bought one of those push-pull handles that are T shaped with the push-button lock in the middle. Finally got around to starting to install it and I noticed that the locking function does not work. Moreover, the button (with a rod attached to it) is free and simply falls out of the unit! Before I go through the hassle of returning it, does anyone know if this is a common failure that I can fix myself?
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Livermore, CA
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Donated 12/16/2019
RV-7A (N12VD): Empennage and wing kits complete minus fiberglass, fuselage and wiring complete. Canopy complete minus fiberglass. Waiting for the engine to come!
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01-19-2020, 11:40 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Dublin, CA
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Ryan,
I thought I read somewhere if you pull the handle out too far there is a ball bearing that can fall out. I?m not sure where I saw this but it would be pretty easy to do if you are not aware of the potential problem. Maybe do a search to qualitfy my memory.
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2020 Donation Paid
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* Cabin Interior - In progress
RV-7 SB Wings
* Both Wings fully skinned
* Fuel Tanks Complete - No leaks finally
* Ailerons Complete
* Flaps Complete
RV-7 Empennage - Complete (a little fiberglass work left)
Vans Training Kit # 2 - Complete
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01-19-2020, 12:01 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Hubbard Oregon
Posts: 9,027
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Originally Posted by rapid_ascent
Ryan,
I thought I read somewhere if you pull the handle out too far there is a ball bearing that can fall out. I?m not sure where I saw this but it would be pretty easy to do if you are not aware of the potential problem. Maybe do a search to qualitfy my memory.
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This is correct.
Did you possibly pull it out quite aways (beyond 2.5 inches or so) at some point?
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Van's Aircraft Engineering Prototype Shop Manager
Hubbard, Oregon
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01-19-2020, 12:39 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Livermore, CA
Posts: 397
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BINGO that was it. Looked around on the shop floor near the last place I was playing with the handle and lo and behold there was a little ball bearing sitting in a corner! Thank you, gentlemen.
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Ryan Drake
Livermore, CA
https://stiletto.smugmug.com/RV7
Donated 12/16/2019
RV-7A (N12VD): Empennage and wing kits complete minus fiberglass, fuselage and wiring complete. Canopy complete minus fiberglass. Waiting for the engine to come!
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01-19-2020, 12:51 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: Cave Creek, AZ
Posts: 8
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WOW! You're a lucky man. I can't find something I dropped right now.  |
01-20-2020, 01:35 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Plano, TX
Posts: 2,088
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WOW! You're a lucky man. I can't find something I dropped right now. |
That is super lucky. I could drop a wing in the garage and somehow it would end up in a tree down the street.
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01-20-2020, 03:54 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Central IL
Posts: 5,515
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Originally Posted by WingsOnWheels
That is super lucky. I could drop a wing in the garage and somehow it would end up in a tree down the street.
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I hear ya, brother.
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Lord Kelvin:
“I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about,
and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you
cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge
is of a meager and unsatisfactory kind.”
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01-20-2020, 10:08 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Schaumburg, IL
Posts: 5,281
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Originally Posted by WingsOnWheels
That is super lucky. I could drop a wing in the garage and somehow it would end up in a tree down the street.
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ohhh do I know that feeling 
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