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Hey - I just finished up riveting my second roll bar for my RV-7A tip-up.
I wasn't happy with the first one, so I took what I learned and built a second.
Last night I reveted the whole thing together. The gap is now almost uniform, the height is pretty much spot on, but somehow in the process of reveting it together, the width has shrunk from 42 and 5/32 to 42 and 1/32..
If it was a bit wide, I'd just use a strong ratchet strap to bend it slightly into place. However, with it being a bit narrow, I'm not coming up with any great ideas as to how to spread it a bit..
Anyone else have this same issue, or have a suggestion as to how to spread the rollbar 1/8"?
Thanks,
Jason
I wasn't happy with the first one, so I took what I learned and built a second.
Last night I reveted the whole thing together. The gap is now almost uniform, the height is pretty much spot on, but somehow in the process of reveting it together, the width has shrunk from 42 and 5/32 to 42 and 1/32..
If it was a bit wide, I'd just use a strong ratchet strap to bend it slightly into place. However, with it being a bit narrow, I'm not coming up with any great ideas as to how to spread it a bit..
Anyone else have this same issue, or have a suggestion as to how to spread the rollbar 1/8"?
Thanks,
Jason