>The easiest and cleanest setup I have seen and used is to braze a large "set >Screw" onto the end of the hinge pin and then form threads in the front lip >of your cowl to retain the pin. I picked up a couple of 1/4-20 set screws at >the local hardware store. Drilled a hole in the bottom end of the set screw >too fit the hinge pin then brazed them to the forward end of the hinge pins. >With the cowls off, I slid the hinge pins into one half of the cowl and >applied flox around the set screw to form female threads on the cowl (apply >release to the set screws first) I then glassed over the flox to strengthen >the bond to the cowl. Once the flox is cured just use your Allen key to >remove the set screws with pins attached.
A very good idea! A possible small improvement would be to use a ?floating? nut plate on a small right angle tab and glass the tab to the cowling. Allen G. Wiesner KR-2SS/TD S/N 1118 65 Franklin Street Ansonia, CT 06401-1240 (203) 732-0508 flash...@usadatanet.net
