super glue and fuel

[pepper]

will fuel mess with someting you have super glued together?? my carbon tail pushrod link need to be superglued or JB welded so that it doesn't move..

pepper

[ThBrtmn]

Quick way to find out...
Put some CA on your hand and poor some fuel on it and see if comes off :mrgreen:

P.S. I know JB Weld will work.

[Sar]

I've never had a problem with fuel affecting CA/super glue. I use it to seal the edges of my monokote around the firewalls on my planes and have never had it peel. If given the option though I would use epoxy for the pushrod.

Make sure to sand and then clean the inside of the pushrod with alcohol, and the same with the pushrod end for a better bond.

[Russ McC]

Hi Pepper,

Are you building or repairing one that came loose? Any way I always use medium CA on mine after cleaning every thing with acetone. And yes CA is fuel proof :)

[pepper]

well, the rudder upgrade for the predator pushrod acts as a turbuckle. i had to make some adjustment to center in normal mode with the sl560. i am concerened about the rotation of the rod. the ball links are not tight like normal pushrods. i just need to lock it in..

pepper

[z11355]

do not use CA. It's too brittle. Use epoxy or JB.

[pepper]

ok, i decided to go with epoxy.. working fine so far..

pepper