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Marv -
Sorry I don't have the ability to send you a picture but here's the text
from AC43.13-1B. If it were me I'd skip the safety wire and get some MS21256
locking clips, they install in seconds, and there's no safety wire ends to
bite you later.
Ted Stanley - A&P-IA
7-180. DOUBLE-WRAP METHOD. Of the methods using safety wire for safetying
turnbuckles, the method described here is preferred, although either of the
other methods described is satisfactory. The method of double-wrap safetying
is shown in figure 7-24(A).
a. Use two separate lengths of wire. Run one end of the wire through the
hole in the barrel of the turnbuckle and bend the ends of the wire toward
opposite ends of the turnbuckle.
b. Pass the second length of the wire into the hole in the barrel and bend
the ends along the barrel on the side opposite the first. Spiral the two
wires in opposite directions around the barrel to cross each other twice
between the center hole and the ends.
c. Then pass the wires at the end of the turnbuckle in opposite directions
through the hole in the turnbuckle eyes or between the jaws of the
turnbuckle fork, as applicable, laying one wire along the barrel and
wrapping the other at least four times around the shank of the turnbuckle
and binding the laid wires in place before cutting the wrapped wire off.
d. Wrap the remaining length of safety wire at least four turns around the
shank and cut it off. Repeat the procedure at the opposite end of the
turnbuckle.
e. When a swaged terminal is being safetied, pass the ends of both wires
through the hole provided in the terminal for this purpose and wrap both
ends around the shank as previously described. If the hole is not large
enough to allow passage of both wires, pass the wire through the hole and
loop it over the free end of the other wire, and then wrap both ends around
the shank as previously described. Another satisfactory double-wrap method
is similar to the previous method, except that the spiraling of the wires is
omitted as shown in figure 7-24(B).
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