I installed the rudder cables tonight, mostly because I couldn’t think of a good reason not to. The rudder cables run through snap bushings installed in every bulkhead from F-902 to F-710. The front end of the cable has en eyelet that is larger in width than the inner diameter of a SB625-7 snap bushing, so the eyelet must be forced through the snap bushing before it is installed in the bulkhead.
Where the cable exits the side of the aircraft just in front of the rudder, the cable passes through a plastic sleeve so that the cable doesn’t rub against any metal parts. The sleeve is held in place by an adel clamp that is secured by the flush phillips screw that is just above and in front of the rudder cable exit hole. I’m going to buy or fabricate a little exit fairing to hide the plastic sleeve (not because I think it will lower drag, but I think it will look nicer than the plastic sleeve just sticking out of the hole).
