Mailing List lml@lancaironline.net Message #16196
From: Janie & Ed Smith <jfseis@pilot.infi.net>
Sender: Marvin Kaye <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: IV-P Retractable Step
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 22:37:02 -0500
To: <lml>
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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