Hey Guys, I found another squawk on N357CJ over the weekend. I discovered a slight bind in the left aileron. That in it's self was not a big deal as I had installed a washer that was there for a spacer on the wrong side of the heim bearing at the aileron connection. As I was putting the bolt back together I inadvertently leaned on the aileron and saw some flex at the hing line. I started to investigate it much further and disassembled the linkage again so I could turn the aileron all the way vertical to check all the connection screws. This now goes back to what I mentioned a couple weeks ago about not trusting wood structure connection points. I found evey single screw through the aileron hing both into the wing and the aileron to be loose to some degree. With the screws at the linkage area to be the worst. Some were only 1/4 turn and others were nearly a full turn. This also included the counter balance connection bracket. I don't feel that these connection were done incompetently, they have nylock nuts floxed to the back side of their spars and were marked with nail polish for movement. The previous way that I did inspection was by checking visually and manually for movement. The new procedure is to put a screw driver to the screws to check. Really only another 20 min to insure my survival. Take a close look at things, you never know what you might find. Joe Horton, Coopersburg, Pa.
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