warrior2pilot
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Hi there, just purchased an all new plastic panel for our 86 Piper Warrior. All of the plastic is from Plane plastic. All of the panel fit great and installed easily except for the pieces around the yolks.
The yolks were removed during the annual this week so I thought it would be a great time to install the new panel...everything was easy until we tried install the lower plastic pieces that fit around the yolk and gas gauges on the pilot side and the yolk and defroster switches on the passenger side.
I know that these pieces are supposed to fit into the upper and lower rails provided on the panel.
However it appears that the original pieces by Piper are constructed of thinner plastic that the new stuff and don't bend very well. I was so close to get the passenger side into the rails but when I got to the area around the yolk I just could bend the plastic enough to get it into the rails...
Cheers and keep the shinny side up.....
The yolks were removed during the annual this week so I thought it would be a great time to install the new panel...everything was easy until we tried install the lower plastic pieces that fit around the yolk and gas gauges on the pilot side and the yolk and defroster switches on the passenger side.
I know that these pieces are supposed to fit into the upper and lower rails provided on the panel.
However it appears that the original pieces by Piper are constructed of thinner plastic that the new stuff and don't bend very well. I was so close to get the passenger side into the rails but when I got to the area around the yolk I just could bend the plastic enough to get it into the rails...
Cheers and keep the shinny side up.....
