On 3/17/2013 4:47 PM, SteveB_Z5 wrote:
I agree this kind of tool is useful when one-man rigging, and this

Chip, My first 2 gliders both had levers for assembly (Jantar and
Libelle) and I can't understand why more manufacturers don't use this
method. The tools I make are made from Delrin to be nice to the spar
bushings. The tool also protects the bushings from the wear of using
the wing pins to bring the bushings into alinement. One would work
quite well on your -24.

I have used a steel eccentric tool (I like the Delrin idea better),
which did a nice job of pulling the wings together; however, my
experience on both an ASW 20 C (1500 hours, about 400 riggings) and an
ASH 26 E (3400 hours, about 700 riggings), is the wing pins don't wear
out the bushings. No discernible wear, in fact.

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