Painting
One feature of the Shorts Tucano it's all white undercarriage. This required the removal of the unpainted small components, priming and painting with Wattyl Appliance White then a final coat of gloss clear.
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| White legs good excuse for a Tucano photo |
Fixings
The leg attachment bolt beared on thread at one side - this was replaced by a M6 x 90 S/S Unbrako purchased for this task. These bolts were purchased from Fastener Kits Online in Australia who have full information on the shank lengths for the bolts they sell.
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| Sizing new pivot bolt original bolt on bottom |
Note: All bolts had the thread length trimmed to match the closest AN bolt. These bolts cannot be threaded with hand tools so time was taken to select a shank length to suit the application.
The bolt securing the leg arm has about 10 mm of shank engagement into the arm which would be OK but it was decided to replace these with M8 x 70mm S/S bolts with a full shank engaged into the arm.
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| New full shank M8 bolts |
Comment
Should have published this first
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| Another step |
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