Hey Guys,
Just finished riveting the center section ribs this week-end and by looking back at the plans again, I realized that I misunderstood the plans for the location of two ribs...
I misplaced the third rib starting from outboard by installing a Left on the left side and right on the right side...a better way to understand is that I installed the ribs all pointing to the center on each side! See picture attached...
So instead of having an F-916R and a F-916L on their respective side they are reversed... Now since the holes for the bolts are already drilled, I can't switch them sides because the hole will probably not align...
My question is, would it be okay to leave them like this or is it gonna cause me some trouble down the road and I should just order two new replacement ribs to fix this?
I looked up some builders website and found two people that did the same mistake and it doesn't look like they realized it and just kept on building...!?
I already sent and email to vans regarding this but I am curious to see what you guys think...
Thanks
Just finished riveting the center section ribs this week-end and by looking back at the plans again, I realized that I misunderstood the plans for the location of two ribs...
I misplaced the third rib starting from outboard by installing a Left on the left side and right on the right side...a better way to understand is that I installed the ribs all pointing to the center on each side! See picture attached...
So instead of having an F-916R and a F-916L on their respective side they are reversed... Now since the holes for the bolts are already drilled, I can't switch them sides because the hole will probably not align...
My question is, would it be okay to leave them like this or is it gonna cause me some trouble down the road and I should just order two new replacement ribs to fix this?
I looked up some builders website and found two people that did the same mistake and it doesn't look like they realized it and just kept on building...!?
I already sent and email to vans regarding this but I am curious to see what you guys think...
Thanks
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