Anybody remember assembling that inboard hinge braket for the HS of the RV-9A? You have to rivet together two hinge brackets and a bearing in between them. These are steel parts, and the plans call for AD4-6 rivets.
1) These are steel powder-coated parts, but I found the holes weren't quite big enough to get those rivets in. So I had to drill them to #30. This was a bit tough because the parts are steel. Anybody else do this, or not do it?
2) The instructions very explicityl say "The -6 rivet length is correct." I checked with a rivet length gauge and they looked correct. But when I set these rivets, in order to get the shop head wide enough, they ended up being flatter than they should. Could this be because I drilled the holes out, so the rivets have more space to fill?
3) My pneumatic squeezer for some reason wouldn't squeeze these rivets. Even with 120 psi on my compressor, the sets just stopped on the rivet... wouldn't squeeze. Is there a problem with my squeezer, or is this normal?
I had to make numerous attempts on these rivets to get something half-way decent.... did anyone else have a problem with these?
1) These are steel powder-coated parts, but I found the holes weren't quite big enough to get those rivets in. So I had to drill them to #30. This was a bit tough because the parts are steel. Anybody else do this, or not do it?
2) The instructions very explicityl say "The -6 rivet length is correct." I checked with a rivet length gauge and they looked correct. But when I set these rivets, in order to get the shop head wide enough, they ended up being flatter than they should. Could this be because I drilled the holes out, so the rivets have more space to fill?
3) My pneumatic squeezer for some reason wouldn't squeeze these rivets. Even with 120 psi on my compressor, the sets just stopped on the rivet... wouldn't squeeze. Is there a problem with my squeezer, or is this normal?
I had to make numerous attempts on these rivets to get something half-way decent.... did anyone else have a problem with these?
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