Bringing this post back to life. I'm working on the rudder pedal bearings. I had to sand some pretty big burrs out of the actual tube, and I sanded down the bearings to get them to fit smoothly.
I then went to slide the bolt in to see if it would fit with the bolt inserted. It turns out that none of the long bolts are straight. Thus, none of the bearings fit anymore with the bolt inserted.
Should I go through and re-sand all the bearings with the bolts in? Or is it possible that I just got a bad batch of bolts?