Billy, I haven't investigated this, but is there any way to change out the clevis end with a deeper throw? Just a thought. BTW, I don't see a problem with grinding down the tab a bit to accomodate the safety wire. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: Billy Beck <wjb3@mindspring.com> To: Fly Baby List <FlyBaby@listbot.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 11:59 AM Subject: Safety-Wire Challenge FlyBaby Folx, While safety-wiring turnbuckles today, I ran into a slight problem. Have a look at - http://www.mindspring.com/~wjb3/FlyBaby/turnbuckle.htm This is a 40k photograph that illustrates. What's happening here is that the flange of the rib-end has so much edge material that it reaches too far into the turnbuckle clevis to insert the safety-wire. In other words, the hole for the clevis-pin appears to be drilled too deeply along the flange. Now, as *I* look at this, a couple of options occur to me. The first one is to remove the clevis end and very carefully mutilate the flange - grinding-off edge material or something like that - in order to leave space in the clevis for the safety-wire. Then, it occurs to me to drill a couple of small holes, just big enough for the safety-wire, on either side of the clevis in order to anchor the safety-wire. I ain't sure, so I figured I'd see if anyone here has an idea. I'll much appreciate it. Billy VRWC Fronteer http://www.mindspring.com/~wjb3/promise.html