Anyone ever replace the Phillips type screws on the baggage bulkhead with Grade 8 hex head bolts for ease of installation/removal? I?m thinking Grade 8 just because this is a structural application.
I started using hex screws in places where a screwdriver could not get a direct shot such as floorboard in corners and along the fuselage skin. Got tired of stripping out phillips screws.
I used screws from this company: https://stainlessdepot.com/
I also purchased a gear wrench with a swiveling head. Removal is now easy.
The phillips screws are cheap and widely available. I buy 50 at a time and keep 'em at the hangar. 50 probably keeps me going for 5-10 years. I just don't end up replacing many of them, and I have an 18 year old airplane...
I'm a proponent of the KISS principle (No, I don't to rock and roll all night. Nor do I party every day.), and like the fact that I don't need to dig up special fasteners or tools to maintain all of the stuff that uses #8 screws.