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PUSH ROD INSTALLATION
1.
Collect the following parts
(2) 19” Wood dowels
(2) 1.5mm x 25cm wire
(2) 1.5mm x 25cm threaded wire
(2) Metal clevis
(4) shrink tubing
ELEVATOR PUSHROD
2.
Remove the metal clevis from the end of a 1.5
x 25cm wire.
Threaded end
10”
1/2”
3.
Measure, starting from the threaded end, back
10” and make a 90 degree bend.
Cut the wire 1/2” past the bend.
4.
Insert the wire into the hole in the wood
pushrod and push down into the groove.
Glue the wire to the wood pushrod using
medium CA glue.
5.
Slide the heat shrink tubing over the pushrod
and shrink using a blow drier.
Glue the tubing to the wood pushrod using
thin CA glue.
This finishes one end of the elevator pushrod.
1/2”
7”
NON THREADED WIRE
6.
Starting at the non-threaded end of the 1.5mm
x 25cm wire, bend the last 1/2” up at a 90
degree angle.
Measure the length of the wire 7” from the
bend and cut the wire.
7.
Insert the wire into the hole in the wood
pushrod and push down into the groove.
Glue the wire to the wood pushrod using
medium CA glue.
8.
Slide the heat shrink tubing over the pushrod
and shrink using a blow drier.
Glue the tubing to the wood pushrod using
thin CA glue.
This finishes the elevator pushrod.
