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Old 10-24-2009, 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by xpsled View Post
Hey guys im an aircraft engineer and new to the forum, we encounter this problem often on aircraft, nut has to be torqued to a specific torque and cotter pin installed but 99% of the time the holes wont line up. Just shim the nut with thin washers until you can achieve this. Standard practice on aircraft and works every time.
That does work, if you can see the hole. I think, I may be wrong but it sounds like the nut is sitting ABOVE the hole. Thats why I was thinking one of the tapers were off. Either the pin or the bore. JR
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