Removed wings from wing stand and set onto saw horses. Assembled aileron push rods and filed thrust bearings down for 0.01″ clearance between bushing and bell crank plate and installed assembly onto LH aileron. Slightly enlarged counterweight opening in rear spar for bolt clearance then attached LH aileron to wing with piano hinge rod. Drilled cotter pin holes in piano hinge and installed cotter pins. Clamped rulers together to measure neutral aileron position from forward wing skin aft edge and clamped rulers to aileron. Made a 25° angle template from scrap aluminum and inserted into inspection hole to set aileron bell crank at the 25° neutral position. Adjusted aileron pushrod length to align holes then bolted pushrod to bell crank plate and tightened jam nut onto the rod end. Verified minimum engagement of rod ends with piece of safety wire. Repeated process for RH aileron and wing. Installed LH flap onto wing with piano hinge rod then drilled and installed cotter pins. Installed flap push rod onto inboard edge of flap. Repeated process for RH flap and wing. Verified minimum 3/16″ clearance between flaps and ailerons. Wing assembly complete!
Hours Worked: 4.40
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