Russell,
Thanks for the tip on the rivets, no marks found yet so they are non structural or polished off but might explain why they cause trouble.
I am very concerned that I get the replacement parts of both the bracket and rivets made in the correct material ( or better) so any information or sorce for this would be appreciated.
At the moment my prefered route would be to slightly thicken the bracket as is and replace two of the outer rivets with steel ones as the assembly is coming off.
I assume the factory went for bolts so they could be fitted without taking it all apart.
Shannon,
Nicely made bracket, looks like the build quality is very high over your side of the pond, lots of time in the garage I suspect
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The picture is G-MNRD which is the other local Lazair (15 miles down the road, we work on shorter distances than you lot which suits the plane) Its based at Sywell near Northampton in the middle of the country and is the one which might be used for experiments in electrical power.
I don't like the extra tubes on our plane but its what we got and when I can understand what they are for might remove them.
You advised the compression tube through-bolt motor mounts but I am not clear what this is or requires.
Will post a picture of the trim lever later today hopefully.
Thanks again.
Dave in the Shadow at a competition for those that are interested.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SwQ9cMEwmzA