Section 8 (Horizontal Stabilizer) Page 08-11, Step 3.
Hi All,
I reached out to the mothership a few days ago, and while awaiting a response, I'm very interested in what you all think.
I?ve riveted the middle four HS-905 nose-ribs to the right and left skin.
On the last of the four ribs, the last rivet, I didn?t like the flushness of the manufactured head so I drilled out the rivet.
The head snapped clean off and when I used the punch on the rivet body, it bent out the flange on the nose rib a bit.
I tried using gorilla tape to hold the flange to the skin when re-riveting, but not with much luck; it sticks out. When I re-rivited, it bulged between the two parts.
What should I do about that last rivet? The only thought I had is to drill out the entire rib and replace with a new rib, but I?m quite concerned about ruining the entire skin by having to perform so many drill outs. And then making a small problem a really big, painful, expensive problem.
Picture below:
Thanks in advance.
Hi All,
I reached out to the mothership a few days ago, and while awaiting a response, I'm very interested in what you all think.
I?ve riveted the middle four HS-905 nose-ribs to the right and left skin.
On the last of the four ribs, the last rivet, I didn?t like the flushness of the manufactured head so I drilled out the rivet.
The head snapped clean off and when I used the punch on the rivet body, it bent out the flange on the nose rib a bit.
I tried using gorilla tape to hold the flange to the skin when re-riveting, but not with much luck; it sticks out. When I re-rivited, it bulged between the two parts.
What should I do about that last rivet? The only thought I had is to drill out the entire rib and replace with a new rib, but I?m quite concerned about ruining the entire skin by having to perform so many drill outs. And then making a small problem a really big, painful, expensive problem.
Picture below:
Thanks in advance.