This afternoon I stopped at Home Depot and purchased
some #8/32 screws and nuts. I set up my
work area in the garage and started to work on the nose wheel pants again. I used my angle drill to match drill the
screw attachment hole in the aft half of the pants. As I match drilled a hole from inside of the
pants I installed a #8 screw and nut to hold it in place. Working hole by hole and screw by screw I was
able to complete the task. I then mixed
some epoxy and glass beads to spread between the splice plates and the inside
edge of the forward half of the pants. Per
the instructions I put masking tape on the exposed part of the splice
plates. I removed the splice plates and
roughed up the exposed edge of the splice plates and the contact area inside of
the forward section of the pants.
I spread a thin
layer of the epoxy mixture on the splice plates and then clecoed and riveted
them to the forward pants. I then
clecoed the support brackets to the splice plates to confirm they fit properly.
Next I riveted
them in place along with the required nut plates. I also attached the drill template to the support
brackets.
