I arranged for my buddy mike to come over and give me a hand bucking the side step rivets. This is best done with two people in my opinion. I installed the steps and then made an outline of the flange on the fuselage. I then buffed the mating area with 3M scotchbrite to help with adhesion.
Before Mike came over...I mixed up some proseal (Oh dear god I hate proseal). And then I applied it to the side step flanges and then installed with clecos. Mike arrived and we went to work riveting. Its messy and stinky work but we got it done.
I will need to mix up more pro-seal eventually to properly fillet/chamfer the flanges and fill in some gaps under the side step/fuselage. I will add that to the to-do list. After mike left...I could then install the bolts in the UHMW block-step supports. Its never fun installing bolts in these as technically torque bolts in the plastic support blocks.
