I have run up against what seems like an immoveable mountain in riveting the cowling attach hinge strips to the lower fuselage. I was wondering how many others have had the same problem and what did you do to overcome it? The problem is, there is insufficient room between the verticle engine mount tubes and the firewall lip to use a squeezer or even a small bucking bar on the lower 6 to 8 rivets. That's the rivets near the bottom of the firewall flange and the engine mount mounting bolt location.
I have spent hours looking for ways to set the rivets without mashing the eyelets of the hinge strips. And I don't want to use pull rivets if at all possible.
I know others have solved this problem..on the Dan Chekoway website, he shows the use of a couple of custom made bucking bars. Is that what I'm going to have resot to?
I'm open for suggestion.
Frustrated as heck
Dave C
RV-7
C-GCPD
I have spent hours looking for ways to set the rivets without mashing the eyelets of the hinge strips. And I don't want to use pull rivets if at all possible.
I know others have solved this problem..on the Dan Chekoway website, he shows the use of a couple of custom made bucking bars. Is that what I'm going to have resot to?
I'm open for suggestion.
Frustrated as heck
Dave C
RV-7
C-GCPD