Control Yoke Bushing

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morrison
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Re: Control Yoke Bushing

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I did the delrin from Mcmaster, worked great.
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GAHorn
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Re: Control Yoke Bushing

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falco wrote:McMaster-Carr has 1 1/2 inch teflon balls for just under $40 each, and delrin for $19 each.

Delrin is pretty slippery stuff too, is harder, and machines a heck of a lot better than Teflon.
I believe the Delrin material is what was used on the original WagAero offerings.
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Re: Control Yoke Bushing

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Control yoke binding?

Teflon has been out there for over 30 years.

A common remedy has been Vaseline.
gradyb, '54 B N2890C
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