Tuesday, January 3, 2017

1.5 hrs reinstalling the left side joystick and cutting the rear seat support.

I decided to replace not only the nuts for the screws which connect the joystick to the main spar, but the screws themselves since I had philips head, but the factory uses hex, which I prefer.  So, being that metric is a bit more difficult to get in the US, I ordered from Bel-Metric and then I realized I didn't need to pay for shipping - they're only 25 minutes from my house!  So, I went over and quickly got my order. :-)

Washers, nuts and M4 x 16 button head screws.

All done!

Since this piece sticks out and overhangs the underlying longeron, it was time to trim it down.  Used a manual saw to cut along the marked line.

And it's done!

I removed the nut from the joystick pivot and the elevator movement is near friction-less.  I put a new nut on (never reuse nyloc nuts!) and it's a bit tighter, but much better than before.  I'll need to figure out how to make sure the nut is tight enough, but the movement is still very good.

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