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Buck's RV-8
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Date: 8-24-2009
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Number of Hours: 4.00
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Brief Description: Main switch panel work; gear bolts
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When I built the angled, main switch panel last year, I ended up filing a bit too much off one corner of the removable, aft piece of the panel. The result was that I needed to fix it to make it look right. I took care of that today. Can you say "JB Weld"? The stuff's great for cosmetic filling work like this. After it dried, I filed and sanded it to match the adjoining parts, and you can't tell anything was done to it.
I also determined that the two outboard attach bolts on each gear leg are just a bit too short, since I'm using the stronger (but taller) NAS1804-6 nuts instead of the shorter, stock nuts. The result is that I don't quite have 1-1/2 threads of the bolt showing. The nuts are not Nyloc-type nuts, so they don't necessarily require 1-1/2 threads showing, but I don't want any concern from a DAR or FAA inspector about the installation. I'll have to order longer bolts. I'm just not sure which ones yet.
UPDATE: I did some research and discovered the NAS6606-36 bolt, which has an identical grip length to the NAS6206-36 bolt that's supplied by Grove, but its thread length (and overall length) is about 1/8" longer. Should be perfect.
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The upper-left corner of the aft side of the switch panel, after cosmetic improvements.
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