Close Tolerance Bolt removal tool pic

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:48 pm

I forget where I saw this before. I can't take credit for it, but you really need to whip up one of these buggers!

You simply cut out the side of a pipe cap and install a shaft on it with a weight and a stop on it and whack it like a slide hammer!

Simple, stupid and slick!

I like it!

Werks gud!

CJ

tshort · Post by **tshort** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:40 pm

I just saw that recently, too ... was it in the RVator...?

Post by **Spike** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 8:06 am

Yup. I believe that it was in this months RVator actually.

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 8:54 am

What are doing with close tolerance bolts already???

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:32 am

The 704 center section is held together at the wing root with them. They also hold the wings on.

The taildragger has a small aluminum bracket in place of the nosedragger weldment that these bolts pass through. I think it is a F-7114 (from memory)?

I think it t is wise to put this in place now, although the plans virtually omit any reference to this part as far as I can see.

They also need to be trimmed a bit so that the rivets that 2 skin rivets will clear on the shop head side.

Ummmmm, I know... hard to follow. I will post a pic later.

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:36 am

I wondered if it had to do with that part. We talked about that a while back. Haven't done mine yet...

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:32 pm

You are gonna wanna do it soon.

You WILL need to trim/relieve some of it behind the bottom AN470-4-X rivet in front of the bottom spar dubblah in order to get it to fit right.

CJ

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:40 pm

Yeah, it's on my "very near future" to do list!