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Short version - can I close up the elevator and add the hardware for manual trim later?

Long version - I have finally finished re-making my elevators (even though Sonex said the old ones were fine, it wasn't up to my standards!) and I am ready to rivet them up. On the drive horn there is a bracket for manual trim as well as an anchor nut on the steel horn. The anchor nut, AN-366F-832, is not included with the kit, and I can't find it anywhere online. Only Wicks has it listed, but it's sold out.

My full kit actually has the dial-a-speed trim but I haven't committed to which one I will be using. I want to keep progress going but this little nut is holding me up. So, drive on, and add the nut later if I decide to go manual? The only downside I see is that I won't be able to deburr the backside of my holes.

Thanks!

Problem solved... Kerry says: You can use an MS21047L08.

Now I just have to wait for this 98 cent part to be shipped from Spruce.. Good thing there is always plenty of other things to do :)

samiam wrote:Short version - can I close up the elevator and add the hardware for manual trim later?

Long version - I have finally finished re-making my elevators?.... want to keep progress going but this little nut is holding me up. So, drive on, and add the nut later if I decide to go manual? The only downside I see is that I won't be able to deburr the backside of my holes.

Thanks!

For deburring the backside of holes, I used the in/out deburring tool from the yard store many times when I couldn't get the "dogleg" deburring tool to the backside of a hole.

This isn't a very good picture but it will give you an idea of what it looks like.