Installing tie-down - 4 April 2009

4.0 hours

Match drilling tiedown Match drilling tiedown(Full size)
After cutting the tie down to length, drilled the one hole in the corner of the aluminum, and cleco'd to the spar. Then drilled all the rest of the holes using the spar as locater. Then removed the bar, and drilled the nutplate rivet holes, countersunk the proper holes, and tapped the end of the fitting for the tiedown ring
Primed the tiedown bar Primed the tiedown bar(Full size)
Here is the finished tie down bar.
Front side of installed tie-down Front side of installed tie-down(Full size)
Next I bolted the fitting into place onto the spar. Here is the front side
Rear side of tie-down installation Rear side of tie-down installation(Full size)
The bolts are torqued with torq seal on them

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