Tuesday Evening
11/12/02
Bob Pastusek & Others,
Like yourself, I wonder if the retractable step
will really work! We have got everything working in the shop, but can't
get the step to fully extend and overcome the spring actuated locking
mechanism. We, as Mark Mahanke suggested, wound the spring a little
tighter by raising the hole for the end of the spring, but it still doesn't
cause the step to fully extend. Just maybe, the airstream will cause the
extension - MAYBE! There will have to be plenty of lubrication on all
pivot points for sure. We also polished the end of the locking tang so the
friction would be reduced when it tried to cam over to lock the step in the down
position. Long story short, we have done all we can think of, so if anyone
has any suggestions, we would love to hear them.
Ed Smith
Chesapeake, VA
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