Yesterday I got the disposition on the nicked longeron back from Vans. As expected, it was blend sharp edges to eliminate the chance of cracks and build on.

I forgot to get any pictures of this, but I dressed the area with a small round jewelers file and then re-installed the roll bar.

The aft bolt on each side is a AN4 and its a major pain to get a nut on the back side. Anybody who's tried this knows what I'm talking about. Basically the lower flange of the aft deck is in the way of getting a socket in there of even getting your fingers on it effectively.

It seems pretty common for people to notch the lower flange to get a socket in there, but I felt like I should be able to come up with something, so I worked on this for about 3 hours with offset sockets and glued together washers and whatnot. I finally ended up getting them by taping the lower stackup together, fishing it into place with my finger tips, then aligning it with a wire stuck through the hole from above until everything was centered, then feeding the bolt gently onto it from the top.