Rudder Pedals

Started the day helping Terry finish up his Kitfox covering job. We just had a few finishing tapes to do. Is was Terry's birthday too.

When I got back, I got back to work on my rudder pedals. I spent last evening filing, sanding and fitting the toe brake hoops to the pedal assembly. Trying to get them to operate very smoothly. I also drilled out for the rivets that needed to be installed to secure the hoops.

This afternoon I continued working on the hoops. I needed to clean and smooth the interior of the tubes. There was paint residue that needed to be removed. It occurred to me that a 12ga wire bore brush would be a close fit to the tubes. I happened to have one, I chucked it up in my drill and went to town. Perfect! Cleaned all of them up quickly.

Next, I put axle grease on all the parts and assembled them, checked one last time for free movement and then riveted each pedal together. After all of the pedals were assembled, I cleaned up the excess grease.

Once the hoops were installed I moved on to the brackets for the brake master cylinders. They were previously fitted and drilled for each cylinder. Since they had been painted, I needed to figure out which bracket went with each hoop. Once I had it figured out, I began installing them on each hoop. I also installed each cylinder base in the corresponding fuselage bracket. I left off with everything assembled but still needing cotter pins and to attach the cylinders to the hoop brackets. I'll tackle that tomorrow.