Both halves of the wing are on rotisseries and ready to be worked on.
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Both halves of the wing are on rotisseries and ready to be worked on.
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All elevator hinge bushings and bearings are sanded to fit. I did this by chucking the parts to a drill press and putting a sand paper against it, as suggested n the manual.
Interestingly, in the manual, I noticed during the process that they refer to the brass tubes as bearings And the smaller steel tubes as bushings.
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All seven brass bearings are now installed with Locktite 680 retaining compound. Since the compound sets up very fast, I had chosen to sand down the brass bearings just enough so that they could be slipped into the hinges with my fingers rather than pressing them in.
I had read some documents online about how to apply Locktite 680 compound and they recommended You apply a bead all around the outside near the “leading edge” of the part being inserted and slide it in using a rotating motion. It worked very well.
Also, I applied some Boeshield to the both ends between the brass bearings and the hinges to seal them against corrosion in case the Locktite didn’t cover the entire bare metal inside the hinges.
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