Elevator reassembly with replacement parts

A decision was made to purge any ribs where I had sought hole-matchup or corrected the thickness by re-forming some bends. This affected left and right elevator ribs 1, also right ribs 2 and 3. I also replaced the centre hinge, due to excessive enlargement of the 4mm holes due to the use and removal of the two stainless steel rivets (one was nearly 5mm), as well as significant elongation of the AN3 holes. I also replaced the control horn mount angles, since one had been previously damaged by a tool mark.

Duralac yellow was used with the AN3 hardware and the stainless steel rivets. The stainless steel rivets used had an appropriate grip range for the application.

When elongating the hinge holes, care was taken to ensure the hinge axis matched that of the elevator spar. A 1/4" chucking reamer was pushed into the hinge bearing, for a very tight fit. The reamer acted as a pointer allowing a high angular accuracy.