I finished up the forward elevator pushrod and installed it for good. Putting the washers between the bellcrank arms and the bearing was a real pain in the ass and required using a washer wrench and looking in a mirror to see what I was doing. I just noticed that I forgot to add torque seal to the jam nut on the rod end bearing.
I also installed the forward end of the aft elevator pushrod for good. This didn’t need washers since it uses a larger bearing.
Installing the forward end of the forward elevator pushrod was also a real pain because the aileron interconnect pushrod really gets in the way. This also needed washers between the forks of the arm, but at least I didn’t have to use a mirror to see what I was doing.
I finished drilling the vertical stabilizer forward spar to the attach bracket and deburred it.
I also epoxied a washer to the forward side of the vertical stabilizer rear spar on the left side since the vertical stabilizer is twisted to the left slightly to counteract the left turning tendency of the airplane. I also countersunk and installed an AN426 washer in the center hole here since I had to drill out the AN470 rivet I installed there.
When I drilled the bottom of the vertical stabilizer to the tailwheel mount bracket and aft bulkhead, it left some tiny metal shavings between the two pieces. Fortunately, I had this chip chaser which did a great job of cleaning these out so that the two pieces lay flat against each other.
This is not an airplane part, but the attach point on my inspection mirror finally broke. I mixed up some epoxy and flox and glued it back together. This is probably far stronger now than it was originally.
