Step installation ( 4 hrs )
Sanded on Canopy Fairing smoothing the micro-balloon/resin added for pin holes and few low areas in transition to alum surface area. Re-sprayed 2 more coats sandable primer - getting really close to done now. Installed LH and RH Steps per Sect 42-05 Step 1 - a bear to reach lower back nuts. My hands are large, so really difficult to reach into mounting area. Used my bucking bar to tap bolts into place...since close tolerance fit. Some Boelube helped. After several failed attempts, discovered a 1/4" drive 5/16" socket on 1/4" U-joint and smallest wrench barely fit so I could tighten the nuts on Aft end (vs special ordering the recommended 5/16" socket/U-joint combo). The sloped floor prevents inserting the bolts from Aft end which would make tightening the nuts easier.
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| ready for final(?) sanding... |
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| tennis ball protecting shins while in shop ! |
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| LH Step viewed from rear. Clean ! |
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| My hand barely fits into rear access... small wrench worked |
