Maybe a tensile test at 80 percent of the yield strength would satisfy any fears of internal corrosion? Seems a shame to toss them out arbitrarily without knowing if they are internally corroded . Just a thought as I have a few in my KR2S ,as I recall. I use them on the rudder horn where appearance of the swaged type is better. And I recall using a swaged cable at the aileron bellcrank where is goes through the rear spar. Hmmm..? Chris Gardiner C GKRZ
Sent from my iPad > On Apr 2, 2015, at 9:18 PM, Jeff Scott via KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org> > wrote: > > > >> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 at 6:53 PM >> From: "Flesner via KRnet" <krnet at list.krnet.org> >> To: KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org> >> Subject: KR> 15 year life on Control Cable and fittings >> >> At 02:52 PM 4/2/2015, you wrote: >>> As Sid correctly points out, all the listed fittings are Swaged >>> fittings. When the cable is swaged inside a sleeve, it is >>> impossible to inspect inside the sleeve for corrosion. >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> >> I had all my cables Swaged at the local University aviation >> maintenance training school. Should I be concerned? >> >> Larry Flesner > > I don't know. This is an Australian A.D. Whether it makes sense for you to > do or not is entirely up to you. > > Like many ADs, it's a one size fits all fix. So should a plane that lives in > a hangar in the dry desert air be treated the same as a plane that sits out > on the ramp on the coast and is exposed to salt air and lots of moisture? > Probably not, but ADs are almost always written for worst case scenarios. > Taken with a grain of salt, you should probably figure where your plane fits > in a sliding scale where on end is the hangared desert plane and the other is > the coastal ramp rat. Then decide on some point between 15 years and never > for when you need to replace your cables. > > I've flown a lot of 1946 vintage planes that still had original cables. > > -Jeff Scott > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options
