November 19, 2007 - Elevator Push-Rods
I went over to Bruce's shop and we drilled the holes in the elevator forward push-rod. Bruce has one of those tube-drilling jigs. With two people, a drill press and the jib, the job was a piece of cake.
At home, the next challenge was to get the forward push-rod in place. This particular task is so challenging, in fact, that there was a piece on it in the RViator. The first suggestion -- remove the rod-end bearings from each end -- helped but was not enough. So I tired suggestion #2: drilling a 3/4" hole in the F-707 lower bulkhead. I did that with the Unibit, and after widening it slightly with the Dremel too., the push-rod slid right in, no problem.
