I am about to fill my rudder tube with Gluvit and another epoxy on top of that (after Gluvit cures), how do I not get epoxy on the quadrant bolt as the write up (Ron Hill) says?
Paul : You can either pour it down one side or make a funnel out of a paper tube. I used the paper/cardboard tube.
Gluvit is an epoxy and I used it because it will flow and set slowly. So I don't understand why you'd want to use another epoxy on top of the Gluvit??
I said, "don't get any epoxy on the quadrant bolt" because it could be very difficult to get that bolt out if you ever needed extensive rudder repair or rudder replacement.
Oh sure Ron, I realize why it would not be good to get Gluvit epoxy on the bolt for future removal. I didn't hear any talk of removing the bolt so I didn't think that was the case.
I thought the procedure was to fill pretty much the whole tube with epoxy. I only have a quart of Gluvit, then I was going to pour cheaper epoxy on top of that, before I realized the quad bolt was thru the tube.
I guess I'm not sure how much to pour in now and if you use a tube to pour it thru, do you loose a lot that would not pour all the wall thru the tube?
Paul : You only need a couple of inches of epoxy to seal the inside of the rudder column - below the steering quadrant bolt.
Then you also need to seal the area on the top of the rudder where the stainless column goes into the rudder layup. There are a number of write-ups on how to seal that area with 3M 5200.