Are these "cracks" running spanwise or chordwise? Is the
cracked area continuous or just an occasional loose rivet?
All the cracks in the skin or just showing as rivets?

That panel on top of the wing is a fuel tank if I understand
what you said. Ask another local mechanic, perhaps an AI
and check out the whole wing, both left and right, top and
bottom to be sure that you have isolated the problem.


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"USA" wrote in message
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Hi, For all the PA28-235 drivers in this group, have you
ever noticed any "little cracks" in the column of rivets on
the top-side wing panel above the flap on the pilot side?
The cracks I have are evenly distributed in middle across
the columns of rivets. My mechanic spotted them today &
recommended that I re-skin that one panel. A 55+ hour
project. I was told that pilot-side top panel skin cracks
are not uncommon near the flaps for the 235's.

Does anyone have any experience or knowledge with this issue
and how did you or would you handle that.

Other than that, as you might expected, the plane flies
flawlessly in every other aspect.

Thank you.