Elevator mount gap

[MekMouse]

After making sure I didn't have to replace my H-stab rear spar I figured I'd get to mounting tge elevators and the rest of section 11.

That's when I ran into a small conundrum. Instructions say to make sure to fill the gaps with 960-10 washers. As the pics show, clearly there is no gap. In fact these are significantly closer than a gap.

So the question, is thus a normal starting gap with the pre punched holes and its totaly normal to bend the brackets away from each other?
The side question is do I actually have the correct swivel link for the ms3614r?

 

[Richard Connell]

Yes just spread the hinge brackets.
The 960-10 washers go on the outside of the steel hinge brackets.

The note about filling the gap is about the gap between the center bearing and each elevator horn - not the rod end bearings.

 

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I made some wood wedges that I could push in to spread them. This makes putting elevators and rudder much easier. instead of trying to keep all of them aligned while spreading the others in turn.

 

[MekMouse]

Thanks

Thank you gents for helping me make sure I wasn't overthinking a simple situation.

And thanks for the wood wedge tip for the install