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<p>Excellent question! Next.<br>
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<p>JK. I've had a couple of these sitting on the bench for years--I
did a dogleg transplant years ago with the inferior ones that
don't have the beading--and there's usually something more urgent
to attend to. But, I've given it thought, and can see two ways to
do it:</p>
<p>1) take your measurements, cut the beading off square, position
the dogleg, weld fill the gap and sand/grind/fill the joint as
smooth as possible, or</p>
<p>2) leave about an inch of the bead, 'peel' back the bead on the
wing, pull out an inch and cut it off. Then, fit the patch panel,
wrap the old metal around the 1" of bead, and somehow hammer it
all back together</p>
<p>Obviously, #2 is at going to be the strongest, though there
shouldn't much stress here, but it could be a real trick to do it
cleanly without making a mess of everything. I've not had any
cracking or other issues with my first repair with the inferior
patch panels.<br>
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<p>What do the pro panel beaters say? I'll bet BCS has done a few
of these ;)<br>
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<p>Bob<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/28/2017 11:03 AM, Mike Tobin
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<div dir="ltr">Hi All,
<div>I've got my patch panels for the lower part of the four
wings. They all have a few inches of the wheel well beading
extending beyond the top of the patch. All the usual vendors'
pictures show this. Is this extra that I just cut off? I
would be good, I suppose, to have it replace the equivalent
bit of beading in the original, but I don't see how I could
get the old bead out without mucking up the wing.</div>
<div>I went ahead on one dog leg and cut that piece off and the
new piece welded on fine. Should I have done something else?</div>
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<div>Thanks Again,</div>
<div>Mike Tobin, Townsend, MT</div>
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