Found the problem!
Man, I feel a huge weight off my shoulders! I found the problem and fixed it!
I'll keep you all in suspense for a while. So, I get to the hangar tonight and I checked for the twizzle. All my torque tubes twizzled very well, thank you, which wasn't good news.
So, I laid down on my brand new 6 wheeled creeper (if you don't have one, get one) and crept under the right wing bellcrank. This is where my auto pilot servo is located. As I moved the aileron, I noticed a very slight flex of the bracket that it is mounted to. That ain't right! I then checked the twizzle of the small auto pilot servp push rod out there...IT TWAS TWIZZLE-LESS!
I had some washers on either side of the heim joint on one end but only one at the servo end. I remembered that Van's told me the other day that they added those tiny washers on either side of the heim joints at lower end of the sticks to prevent this problem from happening. What I needed was 4 of those tiny washers. I was sure I didn't have any spares.
I dug around in my spare hardware drawer and low and behold, I had 4 of them!
So I put them in and I suddenly got my twizzle back!!!! The ailerons move like butta. I was sure that I had exonerated the servo over the weekend. I remember disconnecting it and moving the stick but thinking that the problem was still there. Hmmmm.
So, pay attention to your auto pilot servo push rod and made sure you put those tiny washers on either side of the heim joints or else you'll lose your twizzle! (OK, I just love that word).
Thanks for the help and may the twizzle be with you.
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Kelly Johnson
San Jose, CA
RV-9A
Pink slip issued: 5/7/12
First flight: 5/28/12, Memorial Day.
Phase I Complete: 8/18/12!
2020 donation: complete
Last edited by ArVeeNiner : 03-27-2012 at 11:41 PM.
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