Don Barnes ran into this problem as well. Here is what he wrote:
"A last note on the flap tube is that the toque
tube brackets that mount on the rear spar in the gear wells need to be bent.
Because the aft spar cants forward, it makes the geometry non-perpendicular. If
you bend the toque tube brackets and do a release for the bearing block on the
console, you'll find the flap tube will move forward and backwards effortlessly
without any binding. It only took me a week to figure this out!"
I'm not there yet...Stan Fields L2K/RG
#201
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 7:30 PM
Subject: [LML] Flap Brackets
Legacy guys,
What's the secret to getting the flap torque
tubes to turn without binding? My torque tubes appear to be straight but
when I bolt them together and put them in the brackets, the tubes travel up
and down when rotated. Do the torque tube flanges need to be "trued"
or is it as simple as having to bend the brackets? Anybody else
have trouble with this?
Thanks,
Jon Hults