Looking for 2 Piper Control Wheels (Ram's Horn)

O.K. I bought a couple of units from Faeth. Slight problem. One has a
reported bent shaft and the other has "bad chrome" on the shaft.

Has anyone swapped the wheels themselves from bowtie to ram's horn (same
shaft size)? There appears to be a special pin in the bow ties and they
also look to be epoxied on. Is removal from the shaft even approved? Or
is this a "factory only" one-time operation that cannot be repeated? How
are the ram's horn wheels secured? Do you have to destroy the bowtie to
get it off?

Anyone swapped the control wheels only?

Thanks,
Mike

Chuck wrote:


Good luck Mike. And send a post back if you want the names of the
other companies. Like I said -- they all had 1 & 1/8 shafts, so
they're no use to me...


You should be able to sleeve the larger yokes down to 3/4".

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.

Shafts???? I thought you were only replacing the yokes -- why spend
the extra cash on the shafts?

Well, if you do need the shafts -- you can get the on with the chrome
problem re-chromed. If you can't find a finishing shop around, see
any competent gunsmith. Don't let him talk you into any of the newer,
fancy coatings/finishes. You need to replace the chrome with the same
so its still "factory".

And as far as replacing them -- I can't help there. Haven't found any
3/4 inch shaft yokes yet -- so have no idea the magnitude of the job.

Good luck Mike. And let us know how it goes...


Chuck



On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 02:14:29 GMT, Mike Spera
wrote:


O.K. I bought a couple of units from Faeth. Slight problem. One has a
reported bent shaft and the other has "bad chrome" on the shaft.

Has anyone swapped the wheels themselves from bowtie to ram's horn (same
shaft size)? There appears to be a special pin in the bow ties and they
also look to be epoxied on. Is removal from the shaft even approved? Or
is this a "factory only" one-time operation that cannot be repeated? How
are the ram's horn wheels secured? Do you have to destroy the bowtie to
get it off?

Anyone swapped the control wheels only?

Thanks,
Mike

Chuck wrote:


Good luck Mike. And send a post back if you want the names of the
other companies. Like I said -- they all had 1 & 1/8 shafts, so
they're no use to me...


You should be able to sleeve the larger yokes down to 3/4".

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.

Well, I would like to replace the yokes only and use the shafts I have
in there already because they are in perfect condition. The shafts
attached to the yokes from the recycler are both shot.

My original question still stands: can you remove the yokes from their
shafts and remount them. If so, I can swap the yokes I just bought with
the shafts in the plane that are now attached to the original bow ties.
As I said, the bow ties look to be pinned and epoxied. The aluminum ram
horns I just bought look to be pinned and possibly sweated on or pressed
on. Is there an approved procedure to remove and remount these
yokes??????? What is the "pin" that is used. It does not look like any
AN hardware I have ever seen.

If I can indeed swap them, I will send the ram's horns out for
recoating. If I cannot remove/remount the ram's horns, I will return
them to the recycler because they will be junk.

Thanks,
Mike

Chuck wrote:
Shafts???? I thought you were only replacing the yokes -- why spend
the extra cash on the shafts?

Well, if you do need the shafts -- you can get the on with the chrome
problem re-chromed. If you can't find a finishing shop around, see
any competent gunsmith. Don't let him talk you into any of the newer,
fancy coatings/finishes. You need to replace the chrome with the same
so its still "factory".

And as far as replacing them -- I can't help there. Haven't found any
3/4 inch shaft yokes yet -- so have no idea the magnitude of the job.

Good luck Mike. And let us know how it goes...


Chuck



On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 02:14:29 GMT, Mike Spera
wrote:


O.K. I bought a couple of units from Faeth. Slight problem. One has a
reported bent shaft and the other has "bad chrome" on the shaft.

Has anyone swapped the wheels themselves from bowtie to ram's horn (same
shaft size)? There appears to be a special pin in the bow ties and they
also look to be epoxied on. Is removal from the shaft even approved? Or
is this a "factory only" one-time operation that cannot be repeated? How
are the ram's horn wheels secured? Do you have to destroy the bowtie to
get it off?

Anyone swapped the control wheels only?

Thanks,
Mike


Chuck wrote:


Good luck Mike. And send a post back if you want the names of the
other companies. Like I said -- they all had 1 & 1/8 shafts, so
they're no use to me...


You should be able to sleeve the larger yokes down to 3/4".

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.