"Jim Burns" wrote in message
...

I found the invoice from when our Aztec had it's torque tube replaced. It
was sometime in 2003. The tube cost less than $600 and the labor was
about
$300. I then looked up the log book entry and found that they took the
old
tube out and sent it and the new tube to a machine shop to have the holes
drilled, that way the new tube ended up exactly as the old one. This
should
prevent some of the problems others have posted about drilling the new
tubes
as per the drawings only to find that they don't line up where they need
to
be.

Jim


I was quoted $482 for the tube, so I wasn't too worried. I'll pass along the
note about keeping the original to know where to drill the holes. Thanks for
the tip!

--
Louis L. Perley III
N46000 - C152
N370 - PA-23-250