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FL-905

dweyant

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I need some suggestions.

I'm finally going back to do my flaps, and I'm having a tough time figuring out how to get the last rivet on the FL-905 set.


I don't have enough clearance between the top and bottom of the rib to get even my smallest bucking bar (or no hole squeezer) in.

What have other folks done? I guess I could use a pulled rivet?

Thanks,

-Dan
 
I was able to put solid rivets on the both sides at the widest end of the rib. This allowed me to substitute the provided pull rivets at the narrowest end of the rib on both sides.

So on the top flap surface from forward to aft, I have rows of solid rivets except for the very aft row (narrowest edge), which is a pulled rivet. On the bottom surface, I have a single row of solid rivets on the forward edge (widest edge), and the remaining aft rivets are all pulled.
 
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