Sheared OFF Rivets

[frankarndt]

Would have been nice if you fixed my title too!

Seasons greetings everyone.
I have introduced myself years ago on this site (thread titled "Smacking
it on the runway") and I continue to lurk an learn from this site every
day. For that I thank you all.
So let me get to the point. After 250 perfect take-offs and 245 less
than perfect landings (wish I could blame the Rebel, but I can't) I am in
the need of some repair advice.
Lower front corner rounds had a kink in them right from the start and
the kink has developed into a crack. I think these are the thinner (.25
thick) and my research on this site tells me that there are upgraded ones
(.35 or .40 thick) so I think that is fairly straight forward. Can I just
order these from the factory? Any tricks to replace that I should know about?

One other sign of fatigue is on the fusalage at the lower most part of
the front windshield. I found a few rivets here that had the heads sheared
off. I'm looking for some/any suggestions here. I will post some pics (35k
each) to the files sections right after I send this post.

Would appreciate you comments.

Frank
http://home.cogeco.ca/~farndt/index.htm





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