Missourian
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This is a tube linkage that connects the landing gear. It rusted through on the far right. (Hard to see)
![20201022_174258.jpg 20201022_174258.jpg](https://www.usmessageboard.com/data/attachments/401/401256-292c8ce719617364a57ad506cd4d0355.jpg)
Rusted off...
![20201031_153206.jpg 20201031_153206.jpg](https://www.usmessageboard.com/data/attachments/401/401259-70bb0cd51bb690a124fe354f7f66ac02.jpg)
The other side is rust ON. Nothing from the torch to ball joint pullers would get it to budge. I'm sure there are seals and bearings and gears that I do not want to damage in there...
![20201022_174302.jpg 20201022_174302.jpg](https://www.usmessageboard.com/data/attachments/401/401257-9a45026bfa08ea38e36fb16fe6e79695.jpg)
...so time for plan B. I bought a new linkage bar that was two feet longer than I needed an cut 18" off one end. I still have enough to do this repair right in the future...
![20201022_173914(1).jpg 20201022_173914(1).jpg](https://www.usmessageboard.com/data/attachments/401/401281-9b596f00e5bd47ca08569e87031a3602.jpg)
...then cut the old linkage 18" from the stuck end. Bought some black pipe with an inside diameter just a hair larger than the outside diameter of the linkage tube to act as a couple.
Put it all together and drilled through both, using four steel rivets as fasteners on each end. There isn't enough clearance for bolts or screws.
![20201031_152922.jpg 20201031_152922.jpg](https://www.usmessageboard.com/data/attachments/401/401270-d29471419b0fd2f4045ccd307a35f32a.jpg)
Ugly as sin...
![20201031_152918.jpg 20201031_152918.jpg](https://www.usmessageboard.com/data/attachments/401/401274-05a451e2cba5b12564e0ce852bd152e2.jpg)
...but it works...
![20201031_153026.jpg 20201031_153026.jpg](https://www.usmessageboard.com/data/attachments/401/401272-dde86715e333a1b5fd69db88a0ff2668.jpg)
As an aside...I pulled out this fancy pneumatic rivet gun...and couldn't get it to work. I bought it for a project that never came to fruition and it sat around for a couple of years.
![20201031_153003.jpg 20201031_153003.jpg](https://www.usmessageboard.com/data/attachments/401/401271-8657fa0776eafe1498e8a0bbd28f329d.jpg)
If anyone has any troubleshooting ideas, I'd love to hear them. Luckily I found my manual riveter...but now that this job is done, I'll fiddle around with the air riveter, re-prime it and see if I can get it working...
![20201022_174258.jpg 20201022_174258.jpg](https://www.usmessageboard.com/data/attachments/401/401256-292c8ce719617364a57ad506cd4d0355.jpg)
Rusted off...
![20201031_153206.jpg 20201031_153206.jpg](https://www.usmessageboard.com/data/attachments/401/401259-70bb0cd51bb690a124fe354f7f66ac02.jpg)
The other side is rust ON. Nothing from the torch to ball joint pullers would get it to budge. I'm sure there are seals and bearings and gears that I do not want to damage in there...
![20201022_174302.jpg 20201022_174302.jpg](https://www.usmessageboard.com/data/attachments/401/401257-9a45026bfa08ea38e36fb16fe6e79695.jpg)
...so time for plan B. I bought a new linkage bar that was two feet longer than I needed an cut 18" off one end. I still have enough to do this repair right in the future...
![20201022_173914(1).jpg 20201022_173914(1).jpg](https://www.usmessageboard.com/data/attachments/401/401281-9b596f00e5bd47ca08569e87031a3602.jpg)
...then cut the old linkage 18" from the stuck end. Bought some black pipe with an inside diameter just a hair larger than the outside diameter of the linkage tube to act as a couple.
Put it all together and drilled through both, using four steel rivets as fasteners on each end. There isn't enough clearance for bolts or screws.
![20201031_152922.jpg 20201031_152922.jpg](https://www.usmessageboard.com/data/attachments/401/401270-d29471419b0fd2f4045ccd307a35f32a.jpg)
Ugly as sin...
![20201031_152918.jpg 20201031_152918.jpg](https://www.usmessageboard.com/data/attachments/401/401274-05a451e2cba5b12564e0ce852bd152e2.jpg)
...but it works...
![20201031_153026.jpg 20201031_153026.jpg](https://www.usmessageboard.com/data/attachments/401/401272-dde86715e333a1b5fd69db88a0ff2668.jpg)
As an aside...I pulled out this fancy pneumatic rivet gun...and couldn't get it to work. I bought it for a project that never came to fruition and it sat around for a couple of years.
![20201031_153003.jpg 20201031_153003.jpg](https://www.usmessageboard.com/data/attachments/401/401271-8657fa0776eafe1498e8a0bbd28f329d.jpg)
If anyone has any troubleshooting ideas, I'd love to hear them. Luckily I found my manual riveter...but now that this job is done, I'll fiddle around with the air riveter, re-prime it and see if I can get it working...
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