OOPses happen.
If you are a purist, heat the socket with a small torch and simply pry it
off. Make you work faster by simply grinding any Redux off the edges. Use
a 12 mm rod to pry it off if you like.
Scuff and reinstall with your wings again, just to assure alignment.
Drilling a hole in the bottom is all right also. The pivot is manufactured
to be symmetrical. I never liked the 3/16 Allen head in the top as in
bending, I prefer to see the anti rocking of the socket put a pull on the
underlying buildup of glass/wood/aluminum structure rather than compression.
Also the pip pin is a tad easier on the install as it is the black hole
getting the pin in in bright sunlight or dim hangars.
Best regards,
Happy Holiday
Bud Yerly
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From: "Rowland Carson" <rowlandcarson@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 4:53 PM
Subject: Europa-List: W26 aft wing socket query
> <rowlandcarson@gmail.com>
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> I was so pleased that on Friday Id managed to complete the bonding of the
> wing pin sockets onto the fuselage sides - I had used high-power resistors
> clamped to each socket and fed from bench power supplies to bring the
> temperature of the metal parts up to 50C so that the Redux cured in 4
> hours instead of 5 days, thus avoiding the need to find a warm and safe
> place to leave the entire aeroplane assembled for a week.
>
> However, when I came to drill the bolt holes through the fuselage
> hard-points today, I find that despite marking orientations and making
> several checks, I have managed to bond on the port W26 assembly
> upside-down - that is, with the small (3/16) bolt hole at the top instead
> of the bottom.
>
> Racking my brains about how to recover from this stupid mistake, I came up
> with 3 options.
>
> (1) Leave it as it is and use the hole at the top. I pretty soon realised
> this is no good, as the head of the bolt would foul the head of the
> pip-pin.
>
> (2) De-bond the socket with large amounts of heat and do the whole
> alignment process again, including re-making the shim. This does not
> appeal for lots of reasons!
>
> (3) Drill a new 3/16 hole at the bottom of the W26 flange, taking care to
> position it correctly.
>
> At the moment I cant see any down-side to option 3; can anyone offer any
> comments one way or the other?
>
> in friendship
>
> Rowland
>
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