The RV-7 has a nearly identical situation. I used a tungsten bucking bar similar to this one. The angled end allows you to get behind those doubler rivets. I use that little bucking bar almost exclusively in the project. I even bucked the short -6 rivets that plug the tooling holes in the tank end ribs with it. Best $100 I've spent in a long time.
Yup. There will be a few places like these and this would be another example where I also used the angle end of my tungsten bar. This one rivet in the flap rib was directly under the nutplate. Great bar for limited spaces.
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I referenced the first two because those are the "standard" bucking bars in the tool kits. In case you don't have/want the tungsten bar.
Thanks, I was locked in on back riveting and forgot about using a mushroom head and attacking from a different angle. I will also look for a tungsten bar, they sound great. Finally secured a 1x2 ft piece of steel for my back rivet plate.
Thanks, I was locked in on back riveting and forgot about using a mushroom head and attacking from a different angle. I will also look for a tungsten bar, they sound great. Finally secured a 1x2 ft piece of steel for my back rivet plate.