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andrew.phillips(at)sympat
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Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 3:57 am Post subject: Left Elevator - rivets don't fit

dill them to 7/64"



Bruce Swayze wrote:



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 Hi Everybody,

 I'm working on the left elevator for my RV-7A, and I ran into a 

 frustrating problem with some of the blind rivets required. There are 

 4 blind rivets on the top and 4 on the bottom of the skin, that hold 

 the skin to the outboard end of the E-606PP Trim Spar. This is the aft 

 spar on the elevator that carries the trim tab, and these are the 

 rivets forward and to the left of the little tabs that you bend over 

 on the skin surfaces. The rivets called for are MK-319-BS blind 

 rivets. They have brass-colored shafts. I tried every one of the 

 rivets included with my empennage kit, and none of them will fit in a 

 #40 dimpled hole. I tried a #30 hole in a piece of scrap, and it's way 

 too big. Nothing about this is mentioned on the drawings or in the 

 plans. All the other holes in this part are #40, and the standard 

 AN326AD3-3.5 rivets fit just fine. Am I missing something? Did I get a 

 bum batch of pop rivets? Or do I drill out the holes a little bit 

 bigger?  If so, what size? I'm wondering if anyone else ran into this. 

 Thanks.



 Bruce Swayze

 RV-7A Empennage

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sshook(at)cox.net
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Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 9:42 am Post subject: Left Elevator - rivets don't fit

Like Andrew said...7/64"



				

Scott R. Shook

RV-7A (Building)

N696JS (Reserved)



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dhall(at)donka.net
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 5:06 am Post subject: Left Elevator - rivets don't fit

Also, go online and find a drill bit set that has all the wire gauge size

(#XX) drill bits from at least 1 to 60.  

Add that to your shop tool collection.  It will come in handy over and over

to be able to find the exact size bit you need for a given task.



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 Don Hall                  

 N517DG (registered)  

 rv7 fuselage

 http://rv7.donka.net

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gmvouga(at)hotmail.com
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 6:38 am Post subject: Left Elevator - rivets don't fit

Yes!  The super drill bit set is one of the most used tools in my shop.  

Harbor Freight has a cheap titanium set that is on sale more often than not 

for less than $20.  The bits are okay, but I replaced al the common bits 

(#40, #30, #12, #19) as they dulled with better quality.  I always have the 

bit size that I need.



Greg

[quote]From: "Don Hall" <dhall(at)donka.net>

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Subject: RE: Left Elevator - rivets don't fit

Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 08:05:39 -0500






Also, go online and find a drill bit set that has all the wire gauge size

(#XX) drill bits from at least 1 to 60.

Add that to your shop tool collection.  It will come in handy over and over

to be able to find the exact size bit you need for a given task.



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  Don Hall

  N517DG (registered)

  rv7 fuselage

  http://rv7.donka.net

******************************************



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