Hi All
Can somebody help me....either to prove I am not going mad or to tell me where I have gone wrong.
The other evening I fitted my carb trays as assembled in 46-08 and 46-09. Both fitted well and were torqued up as specified. When I went to refit the carbs I ran into a problem. The carb on Port side of the aircraft fitted fine but the one on the other side would not fit becuase the throttle arm fouls the outer flange of the drip tray. Both of my trays are not handed. Vans agree that they should not be handed. I have emailed Vans who have sent me pics of their previous drip trays (It appears that the design has changed) and they have told me that theirs fit fine. - Great! - Mine were delivered in January 2014 so I don't know when the design change took place. They have told me that their fly away 12s have my drip trays and they have not had any issues so it looks like I am on my own.
I have filed quite a bit off the outer flange so that it doesn't get in the way of the throttle arm when it is fully against it's stop (see photos) . Can anyone spot if I have gone wrong or if the parts are wrong?
Thanks in anticipation
Anthony
Can somebody help me....either to prove I am not going mad or to tell me where I have gone wrong.
The other evening I fitted my carb trays as assembled in 46-08 and 46-09. Both fitted well and were torqued up as specified. When I went to refit the carbs I ran into a problem. The carb on Port side of the aircraft fitted fine but the one on the other side would not fit becuase the throttle arm fouls the outer flange of the drip tray. Both of my trays are not handed. Vans agree that they should not be handed. I have emailed Vans who have sent me pics of their previous drip trays (It appears that the design has changed) and they have told me that theirs fit fine. - Great! - Mine were delivered in January 2014 so I don't know when the design change took place. They have told me that their fly away 12s have my drip trays and they have not had any issues so it looks like I am on my own.
I have filed quite a bit off the outer flange so that it doesn't get in the way of the throttle arm when it is fully against it's stop (see photos) . Can anyone spot if I have gone wrong or if the parts are wrong?
Thanks in anticipation
Anthony