Lost two teeth - Page 2

scottg · #11 08-13-2007, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by N520TX

I, too, lost exactly 2 eyelets on the bottom cowl hinge of my 7a. That happened at about the 50hr mark. It's been on my list to address since then - but haven't gotten around to it. Now at over 300 hrs, without any further eyelets letting loose. This would lend some credibility to using just the single nutplate method on the center side of the hinge.

Been there, done that. I lost two loops in the first 50 hrs. Installed a #8 nutplat on an 'L" shaped bracket that is riveted to both the firewall flange and vertical face of the firewall. I'm coming up on 1000 hrs now with no additional problems.

JonJay · #12 08-14-2007, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by scottg

Been there, done that. I lost two loops in the first 50 hrs. Installed a #8 nutplat on an 'L" shaped bracket that is riveted to both the firewall flange and vertical face of the firewall. I'm coming up on 1000 hrs now with no additional problems.

Exactly what I did after I noticed the rivet heads on that inboard edge started smoking. Did this fix before I lost a tooth or pulled the rivet head through. Glad to hear it is a permanent fix as I only have 60 hours on mine.