Tex wrote:Where is the rotation meant to occur?

Between the bolt and the metal spacer.

Or between the spacer and nylon bushing.

I thought the later, in which case you could make sure that spacer is tight or protected by a washer to stop the chewout of the hockey stick.
But I've been wrong before.

Anyone else with leads on the STC'd mod?

Can the hockey puck be spliced a little ahead of the crack to save replacing the whole thing? There is some pretty thick metal back in that area

hotrod180 wrote:

Brian-StevesAircraft wrote:….Just had the tail off a 185 recently to address some serious looseness in the horizontal stab... Turned out to be worn out hinge bushings... Bought a whole set from F. Atlee Dodge for just over $230....

However my early C180 IPC shows NAS296-4A needle bearings at that location.....

Tex wrote:Alright. I've never been one not to ask the dumb questions.

Where do you source the rubber that goes around the bottom of the fin before I put it back on?

And the mouldings at the rear of the fuselage that move up and down, as the stab moves up and down, do you line it with a contact to prevent wear?

kg wrote:I'm going to have my mechanic complete this inspection at the next annual inspection. A couple of questions:

1. I have a buddy with an early model 182 who says he did the inspection without removing the horizontal. He says he has an extra inspection plate somewhere and he thinks this is why he was able to do it with just a borescope and cursing. I don't see how it can be done without removing the tail feathers. Am I wrong?

Windknot54 wrote:
As noted by others above, this was a great opportunity to undertake additional maintenance of hard to reach items, including servicing the jack screws and trim system, replacing the jack screw boots, inspecting/cleaning and lubricating all of the stabilizer bushings, replacing the stinger bushings, etc. We both considered the efforts worthwhile.

a3holerman wrote:Thank you all for a most wonderful thread on an area of out planes that is a problem.
I don't mean to cause thread creep but thought this might be thread to ask a question that has been bugging me both with my current plane and a 59 180 I had years ago.

I have a 73 185 that had been ground looped some 5 years before I bought it 4 years ago. The right wing and tail area were affected.
Upon inspection of the tail area with the vertical fin off.my mechanic was surprised to see many new parts and fittings. All looked in excellent shape. He re greased the jackscrews and found them on good shape.
I had hoped the trim issue would have been better but its not. It is still hard to trim any way past the yellow arc. I have added weight to the baggage area but it doesn't seem to help much. It seems more like an aerodynamic issue not a mechanical one.
Just wondering if anyone has found after an tail rebuild if the nose down trim issue is been reduced.
It just seems had to understand how Cessna could certify an airplane that one cannot trip up to the redline.

. I have a buddy with an early model 182 who says he did the inspection without removing the horizontal. He says he has an extra inspection plate somewhere and he thinks this is why he was able to do it with just a borescope and cursing. I don't see how it can be done without removing the tail feathers. Am I wrong?