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Old May 25th 09, 08:27 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Todd
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Default Vertical stabilizer wont come out (Asw-19)

On May 25, 12:00*pm, 5Z wrote:
On my ASW-20B which is (I believe) similar, I would grab the leading
edge of the stab near the center and "rattle" it up and down to loosen
the pins.

-Tom


5Z

Do I need to go check my hangar to make sure MY ASW-20B is still
there?

On point, MY ASW-20b is sometimes a real pain to get off and the
temperature (usually cold) seems to be a factor. 5Z's technique
works and I also sometimes stand straddling the tail boom (i.e. with
the vertical stabilizer at my chest) and reach back and grab the
elevator on opposite sides of the rudder and GENTLY pull and rock (as
in a yawing motion) it back and forth till it pops loose. Four
letter explicatives may speed up the process.

If you ever get it off, you might want to make sure everything is
first clean on all the fittings and then re-lube everything.

Todd
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