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In a message dated 10/14/2006 7:35:38 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
It looks like I am going to have to pull the center section out of 99547
Tim, Don't despair. I have been there and done that.
The entire center
section can be rebuilt one piece at a time without removing it from the
fuselage.
Not really a hard job, but labor intensive. I "repaired" my spar by
replacing
everything but the steel fitting with one I made of .040
2024T3. The new spars
are .050 and cause an interference fit to the one not being replaced - I
don't
think that .010" would be a problem though. I was amazed at the rivet
alignment
using used parts. I had to go to 1/8" rivets in some places (all
original rivets
on the skins were 3/32"). The toughest part is the 3/16" rivets at the
splice.
I took left center rib that attaches to the rear spar splice out and
installed the
rivets from the front side. Try to get the fuselage with the spar in
a 45 degree
or vertical orientation to the floor of your shop area.
John
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