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So I'm having a hard time getting it to furl completely. Probably mostly has to do with the oil on the brake band. But take a look at these pics. Should the ring rise all the way to the bottom of ...

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Well it's been a bit since I last posted. I have since built the tower, painted it, moved it to its location. Buried 4 3800lb concrete ...

So now another side question is now that I have the tail spring installed it's very hard to apply the furl system. What do you guys do for leverage at the tower base to stop the fan?

I will backfill the holes with concrete, or maybe bury 4 3000 lb ecology blocks and roto hammer some large anchors in them.

Okay thanks guys. Windy, I found your post on the topic "another 602 rebuild" and you mentioned caps with and without babbit in them. Should mine have it or not? Anyone have a picture of one? Something I can fab up?

About the foundation, I'm still a ways out on that part, im just starting to ...

So found some parts on the porch yesterday when I got home. Now have the large gears and the tail buffer. Sand blasted the buffer and painted it. I cleaned up the shaft of the large gears with some steel wool and 1000 grit paper. Just had a light rust on it from sitting. I've got the tail spring ...

And once again Ron you are right. I installed the tail bone with tail shaft and now the the brake system works. My buffer didnt show up like it said it would. It's a used one off ebay so I'm going to clean it up before paint so it's at least a few days out from install. The tail spring and hook did ...

Yep I've got the tail pin, its currently helping me fab the tail bone. That all thread is just holding it together temporarily.

Ron you are 100% correct. I see it now. I was focused on spoke hole placement and didnt notice how the panels lapped each other. I assumed one inside and one outside. I see now they all overlap each other. That's probably why I fought it so hard at the last panel.