Looking for Flap Cables

[hharney]

Stainless Steel (-308) I figure if the originals from 1968 were stainless then they can't be all bad......

Bill, I bought the cables from Don Nieser at Commodore Aerospace.

[sloutitt]

Airplane is t337g, 1973 with about 3200 hours. After reading this string we decided to remove and inspect the cables.
Balance cable had 4broken strands cable not cut yet to look at inside. Mid cable looked like it had been replaced already. None of the cables were stainless.
Sorry for the short response typing on iPad.

Sandy Loutitt
N81C, Cybw

[hharney]

Sandy

How did you determine that the cables were not stainless? Are the balance cables you replaced from the flap motor or going to the flap motor? I assume the mid cables are going from inboard bell crank to outboard bell crank?

[sloutitt]

Herb,
the Mechanic just told me they were not stainless, so not sure how he determined that other than visual inspection. Flap actuator inbd
1460100-7 is the part number and description, yes I think they go from motor to the first bell crank on each side. We sent the cables off to a local shop to see if they could make them and the old ones are not back yet so we have not cut them to determine if there are any more broken strands.
Regards,
Sandy

[Kim Geyer]

I just sent a set of cables to Mcfarland Aviation for duplication. Price is @ 70.00 ea. That is a ton better than Cessna's price.

[Ernie Martin]

Kim, galvanized or stainless? And why?

Ernie

[Kim Geyer]

Originally Posted by Ernie Martin

Kim, galvanized or stainless? And why?

Ernie

I went with stainless. I've changed out the cables in all 6 of our 337's and removed galvanized. I had broken stands in most cables with total times ranging from 1800 to 3000 hrs. should able to tell how stainless holds up.