I assembled the W-1018A aileron pushrod today and I just don't like it. First, as discussed in previous threads, the AN490 rod end doesn't fit worth a darn so I chucked it up in a Grind-all and made the diameter fit fine. I primed it and then riveted it with the two 4-11 rivets on each end. The mfg head just sits funky on a tube that small and I also struggled to get the shop head looking correct. I just can't wrap my brain around that much of the rivet shank sitting inside the tube all by it's lonesome, or the load the shank will bear. Other than the weight penalty, does anyone see a problem with making them out of solid 300 or 400 series stainless with machined threads on each end? I modeled them up so i could measure the weight (picture attached). The stock pushrod assembly is less than .5lbs and the solid version would be about 1.25lbs