Fabricated 2 drift-pins from 5/8" oak dowel-rod. Rounded ends on belt sander. Applied mold release (Chapstick) to the ends and drove the drifts in temporarily replacing the the class-8 bolts. This allowed applying the triax directly over the bushings without having the gear drop out of position. I was concerned getting the gear back into position with the bolt might bugger-up, or worse, push out the bushing.
I tried a new technique for trimming and applying the triax cloth (a tip from VOBA). Saturated the cloth as normal, placed a second piece of plastic drop cloth over the top and pressed/rolled out the excess resin. Allow to cure for a few hours until the epoxy is more gelatin like, then cut the edges cleanly. Note, fresh epoxy was applied to the mating surfaces prior to applying the triax patch.
Oak 5/8" drifts to keep landing gear in position
4x4 Patch trimmed between plastic sheets after a few hours of cure
LHS firewall before application of patch - see oak wood drift in bushing
