May 21, 2006

We had to torque up the wing spar bolts before laying the floor boards, but I’d forgotten to put washers under the bolt heads when I last put them in. I never did put the nuts on until now anyway. So here I am hammering out the bolts with the mallet, putting washers on, and then torquing them up. This took a huge chunk of time out of our day.

Here I’ve got the top big bolts done. Almost done with the lower big bolts. I coated the bolts with T-9 Boeshield liquid before putting them in too. This stuff is good, as it inhibits corrosion, it dries to a film which means it won’t attract dirt or run out.