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Old August 4th 06, 03:54 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Bill Daniels
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Default TE Probe repairable? - update

The new aluminum probe end arrived in the mail a few days after I called
Tim. It took me a few days to find the time to remove the old broken one
and epoxy the new one in its place.

Tim Mara's instructions were to heat the broken part with a hot air gun
until the epoxy holding it onto the carbon fiber tube softened allowing it
to be removed. I confess I was a little doubtful about this but it went
exactly as Tim said. Needle nose pliers pulled the hot broken part off
after about five minutes of heating. The new part slipped perfectly over
the old tube. As soon as the epoxy cures, the probe will be better than
new.

Bill Daniels