Mark Henderson
Well Known Member
I am having problems with binding on the VS hinges. I built the upper and lower hinges last week. The lower hinge was fine, and turned smoothly and freely like the flaperon hinges. The upper hinge was a problem. It turned, but was stiff. I assumed that I had over squeezed the rivets, or applied asymetrical force while squeezing. I drilled them out, and had a little elongating of the holes. I ordered new VS-1210 brackets. I tried the new ones today. I did not even get to the riveting stage. The bearing seems fine, and turns freely prior to being inserted. I When I put all the pieces together and clamped the assembly in a vise to rivet, it was stiff. Same as before, it would turn, but not freely. To clarify what I did, I held the upper surface, (above the bearing) in the vise. No rivets were installed. Just holding it caused the bearing to become stiff. Has anyone else experienced this? I am considering trying to make the recess in the outer brackets deeper to provide more total room for the thicness of the bearing. Thanks for any help.