GARY HILTON wrote:
Hay Hay! Mayday !
Pooner will do you right....basically what we did on Annie, was to use allthread to screw into the pin, make sure to get a good amount of threads in it, put some large washers over the allthread, so the nut has a large surface to contact. the socket that works best, is an old spark plug socket, that has the six sided end to use a wrench on it. The socket should have a hole large enough to let the allthread go thru it.
I hope you have the appropriate Lockheed curse manual, there is certain language to use on certain parts. I am getting old, so I cannot remember.
Beware, all Harpoons bite, I speak from experience.
Have an adequate supply of 3/8" and 7/16" wrenches and sockets, this is a favorite snack of Harpoons.
If you are removing a part with many bolts, when you think you are removing the last bolt, there will be at least 10 more.....right Pooner?
Also, if you are using a tape measure , getting measurements on a Harpoon, say like to make one fit inside a tight hangar, Pooner can tell you that Harpoons have a mystical effect on the measuring devise, making them give false readings....use a string.
One last piece of advise, get yourself a Werner 6' ladder.....ask Poon Man!
Nice to meet you, Gary Hilton =) Pooner has also been a big help describing in detail his experiences with removing the wings. We spent all of Monday trying to remove the Portside's lower wingpin using the method you & Pooner have described. I reached out to the community on this forum Monday evenign because we were getting discouraged. Previously, we had found a YouTube video showing/describing the method you & Pooner described but the pins being removed in the video were on a different type of aircraft. Knowing that the allthread-washer-nut-pipe method is a tried and true way of removing the pins on the PV-2 is greatly encouraging!
We were given photocopies of sections of Lockheed's manual pertaining to dismantling; so good to know we aren't the only ones who found some of the instructions perplexing!