Carl Froehlich
Well Known Member
This is an RV-10 but I suspect this will apply to other models.
The passenger step has been know to fail. Replacing it (at least in an RV-10) requires removal of the baggage floor and all those pull rivets.
This mod provides for a nutplate to be mounted on each steel step weldment. Not shown is an associated 3/4” hole in the baggage floor above the bolt so it can be removed, allowing the step to be replaced. Drilling the new step is done by using the weldment as a drill guide, but only starting the #12 hole on the bottom. The hole is completed with the step removed. The new hole in the baggage compartment floor gets a SS snap in cap.
Carl
The passenger step has been know to fail. Replacing it (at least in an RV-10) requires removal of the baggage floor and all those pull rivets.
This mod provides for a nutplate to be mounted on each steel step weldment. Not shown is an associated 3/4” hole in the baggage floor above the bolt so it can be removed, allowing the step to be replaced. Drilling the new step is done by using the weldment as a drill guide, but only starting the #12 hole on the bottom. The hole is completed with the step removed. The new hole in the baggage compartment floor gets a SS snap in cap.
Carl