What type of Teflon for headers?

[John Clevenger]

What is the part # of the Teflon that you are using?...........JOHN
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Pennisi" <pentagon.systems at bigpond.com>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2003 3:48 AM
Subject: RE: What type of Teflon for headers?


> Using the white coloured Teflon 5/8 inch. 250 flights later and still
> going.
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> Peter Pennisi
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]
> On Behalf Of adriancwong at earthlink.net
> Sent: Sunday, 14 September 2003 12:34 PM
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> Subject: Re: What type of Teflon for headers?
> 
> Bob,
> 
> I am also using the same color Teflon coupler as yours on my plane with
> the 140L. After 50 flights, its till OK.
> 
> Adrian
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> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Kane <getterflash at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Sep 13, 2003 4:55 PM
> To: nsrca <discussion at nsrca.org>
> Subject: What type of Teflon for headers?
> 
> <DIV>I just replaced the umpteenth Teflon header on my plane, this one
> after 9 flights. The headers are made from PTFE?tubing purchsed from
> McMaster-Carr.?For grins I purchased blue tubing to match my plane. The
> failure seems to be caused by the header rotating in the teflon, eroding
> the inside until it fails. I am using a header brace, and I add a split
> piece of teflon to protect the header from the spring clamp clamp</DIV>
> <DIV>?</DIV>
> <DIV>Is there a certain type of teflon with higher abrasion resistance
> that what I am using? Is the colored teflon weaker than the standard
> milky-white teflon? Anybody else suffer from this problem?
> Thanks.</DIV><BR><BR>Bob Kane<br>getterflash at yahoo.com<p><hr SIZE=1>
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