I applied some grease to the pins, and found that having a helper wiggle the
wing helps. My pins are tight, but comfortably so, considering that they will
come in and out over many years.
Cleve Lee
A198 Mono XS Jabiru 3300
Detroit, MI
TELEDYNMCS@aol.com wrote:
>
>
> Greetings to the new forum host.
>
> I was working on fitting my wings to the cockpit module today in prep for
> bonding spar cups in place and I can't seem to get the wings to pin to the
> cockpit module. The wings will pin to each other, although it is a very tight
> fit. Each wing individually will pin to the cockpit module, but the combo is
> extremely tight. Either pin will go all the way in through both spars and the
> cockpit mondule, but the other, regardless of direction of insertion, won't
> go "home".
>
> I set the cockpit module bushes using the dummy spar and the supplied 1/2
> bolts. The holes for the bushes were already drilled and the tollerence with
> the bush was tight, certainly not enough slop to cause the misalignment I'm
> experiencing. The dummy spar also appears to fit the wings and the cockpit
> module perfectly in dry runs. The only thing I can figure is the cockpit
> module bush holes were slightly incorrectly set at the factory.
>
> My sailplane experience says not to ream the bushes lest ye wind up with
> loose fitting wings. Anybody else had this problem and if so what'd you do
> about it?
>
> John Lawton
> Dunlap, TN
> A-245
>
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