Centerpunched marks for drilling first end of F-790. Drilled to #40, cleco as I went. Upsized holes to #30 and cleco. Did the same for second end. Removed threaded rod ends and deburred all holes. Scuffed tube inside and out and washed with Dawn dish soap and warm water. Hung up to dry.
Cleaned excess primer from inside ends of F-789 and inserted threaded rod ends. Marked halfway point on the threads. Used pulled rivets per plans to rivet on the threaded ends. Screwed jam nuts and rod end bearings onto F-789, made sure both ends were past halfway mark. Measured length per plans and had to screw both end in quite a bit to get down to proper length.
