I had the same problem and asked Neville at Europa for a fix.
He suggested to grind a little off the shoulder at the end of
the pin. This helped a lot. I also put a slight chamfer on the
spar bushes. It is still a tight fit and I have to use a hammer
with a piece of wood to tap it in.
I have made removal a lot easier by pushing a piece of rubber
oil hose onto the existing handle, thus I can use all fingers
for a strong pull.
Hope that helps, Karl Heindl
>From: TELEDYNMCS@aol.com
>Reply-To: europa-list@matronics.com
>To: europa-list@matronics.com
>Subject: Europa-List: Trouble fitting wing spars to cockpit module
>Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 20:13:42 EST
>
>
>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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