Re: [ihc] (TIP) Anyone's tail/lift gate latches squeak

[Steven Stegmann <steve.stegmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jim,

Sorry to hear about the car & deer.

You're right.  Copper & Brass don't quench harden,
they only work harden.

Steve
--- Jim or Ginger Aos <jaos@domain.elided> wrote:

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steven Stegmann"
> <steve.stegmann@domain.elided>
> To: "Tom Harais" <THarais@domain.elided>;
> <ihc@domain.elided>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 10:17 PM
> Subject: RE: [ihc] (TIP) Anyone's tail/lift gate
> latches squeak
> 
> 
> >I don't know how work-hardened the copper tubing is
> > when you buy it.  But, if it cracks as you
> straighten
> > it out, heat it to around 700 deg with a propane
> torch
> > to anneal it so you can straighten it.  You'll
> have to
> > experiment & try a couple pieces to get the
> annealing
> > right.
> If I remembermy metaurgy correctly?  In order to
> anneal copper after you 
> heat it up to red color to soften yo then quench in
> water unlike steel, 
> which you slow cool to anneal.   Jim A (that has
> been busy trying to find a 
> suitable replacement for the Mercedes that was
> totaled by a suicidal deer on 
> Sunday evening the 10th of this month).   No one was
> hurt but our dog seemed 
> quite curious about the whole adventure.
>  >
> > Steve
> > --- Tom Harais <THarais@domain.elided> wrote:
> >
> >> Tom:
> >>
> >> We want details.  All of them!
> >>
> >> The tailgate squeaks:
> >>
> >> 1) Are the T-all latches same as on the
> >> Scout/Terra/Traveler? (Gotta be
> >> right?  IH was pretty consistent amongst all
> lines.)
> >>
> >> 2) You put the shrink tubing on the "fork" on the
> >> gate or on the post on the
> >> body?
> >>
> >> 3) Does anyone know if there is a replacement (I
> >> know we've discussed this
> >> before) for the Traveler hatch seal gasket
> >> somewhere?
> >>
> >> 4) Does anyone know of a good reference on how to
> >> deal with (as in make work
> >> correctly) the latching mechanism itself on a
> Terra
> >> tailgate/Traveler
> >> liftgate?  On mine, the lock doesn't prevent the
> >> mechanism from working,
> >> even in the lock position and with a good jerk on
> >> the gate, you can get that
> >> mechanism to let the "forks" rotate and release
> >> pretty easily.
> >>
> >> The copper exhaust gaskets
> >>
> >> 1) 3/4" pipe "unrolled" created a sufficiently
> large
> >> enough piece of copper
> >> to cut out the gasket?
> >>
> >> 2) What thickness of pipe wall tubing were you
> >> using?  "L" or "M"?
> >>
> >> I'm seeing expanded applications of this low tech
> >> solution to simple
> >> problems.  I love this kind of stuff.
> >>
> >> Tom H., '76 Traveler