I've been having trouble getting my fwd canopy frame hinge hooks to slide into the plastic block assemblies in the fwd fuse. I rounded the front of the hooks and beveled the plastic blocks where the two come together but they still bind when trying to fully seat. The blocks are held apart by a .025" aluminum spacer. I decided to measure the canopy frame hinges and they are 0.260" thick, 10 thousandths larger than the opening in which they are supposed to seat.
Anyone else struggle with this? I'm thinking I'll try to sand some material off the plastic blocks to open the gap just a little bit more.
EDIT: I decided to start hand sanding/polishing the hinge hooks to remove a few thousandths from either side.
Anyone else struggle with this? I'm thinking I'll try to sand some material off the plastic blocks to open the gap just a little bit more.
EDIT: I decided to start hand sanding/polishing the hinge hooks to remove a few thousandths from either side.
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