Do I need to grind flat or round the end of the bolt for hitting the stick lower 510-14 plates?
See Front Stick Picture Also I just discovered that I put the -14 plates a little too high about .15 -.20. When I look through the stop hole, it doesn’t appear to hit the stick lower much, maybe just the edge. Same in the back. Should I just cut a couple little pieces from some sheet and weld them in for the stops to hit? It looks like even if I had put them right at the 3.20 dimension from bearing C/L, there still wouldn’t be much there for the stop bolt to hit. Just exactly how much of the -14 plate on the stick lower is the stop bolt supposed to hit? Darin ———- We use 5/16-24 2″ long stainless steel bolts that we thread full length for the elevator stop bolts. If the nuts welded to the torque tube are positioned such that the bolt is as high in the thru hole as possible and the stick is welded up correctly, you should have full bolt contact to the stick face but a 2/3rds minimum bolt dia hitting the stick face is OK. Keep in mind that the stick positioning and travel affect th