[simpits-tech] Removing stuck aircraft screws...

[Cris Harrison]

On 05/11/2014 03:33 PM, Matt Bailey wrote:
> On Sun, 11 May 2014 12:47:00 -0500
> Cris Harrison <phoenixcomm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dont get too ambush with the hammer..
>> oh, btw if you are removing windshield plexy, WD can fog it so be
>> very careful, better yet try it on a piece of scrap stuff...
>>
>> Cris H
> BTW windshield plexy can fog but worse yet it will CRAZE and this is bad.. so check yor chem on a small pice maybe 1x1 sq "...  slow and setedy wins the race.. thy are a BITCH tp remove...I did a Lear a few years ago.. :((  http://www.phoenixcomm.net/~phnx2000/sim/lear.shtml  see all the nice screws..LOL
Cris H.

>
> Thanks Cris, I was sorta wondering about the chemical reaction bit of
> it. Unfortunately I really don't have any scrap....I think I will use
> cardboard to cover the exposed part of the windshield (the ends of the
> fasteners are some distance from the windshield's surface, so I should
> be able to keep it clean).
>
> This isn't plexiglass though, it's the take-a-frozen-turkey-at-250kts
> stuff for the front windshield. I still don't want to take a chance at
> fogging up the glass.
>
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