Now the close-tolerance bolts are installed – a couple of them took a little persuasion with a small hammer, but that’s why they’re close-tolerance bolts, right? With the bolts and clecos installed, I match-drilled all four of these assemblies with no problems.

The next step is fitting the control column mounts. These beefy angles come with bearings already press-fitted into them, and the only prep required is to measure and drill one mounting hole. That mounting hole is used to bolt the column to the bulkhead, and the existing bulkhead hole is used to match drill the other hole in the mount.

No problems, everything worked well. There are some optional cutouts on the mounts to lighten them a bit, they’ll require a little filing and sanding.