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Date:  9-23-2008
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Brief Description:  LE/tank skin mis alaignment Fix.

So, The fuel tank puckered inbetween the tank screws next to the leading edge skin. It puckered in 4 spots. I also had an anti pucker between the most trailing tank screw. The 4 pucker spots were located at leading edge rivet locations 1, 3, 5 and 7. I drilled out 8 leading edge rivets and fabricated 4 shims for leading edge rivet locations 1, 3, 5 and 7 like in image 1. The notch goes around the rivet. I put the shim between the rib and joiunt plate on the leading edge. This brings the joint plate out at these rivet locations. It work great. I have good leading edge/ fuel tank skin alaignment. But now both the LE and tank skin are slightly indented at rivet locations that I did not add a shim. It is slight and in only 2 spots. I'm going to call it good.

I still need to address the most traing edge anti pucker.
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Made 4 shims like this.

Made 4 shims like this.

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SHims inbetween LE rib and joint plate.

SHims inbetween LE rib and joint plate.

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Pucker between skins are gone.

Pucker between skins are gone.

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