Because of the way the brackets were made, instead of making a vertical slot it was necessary to make the slots on an angle to keep the hole to edge distance acceptable. A Dremel tool outfitted with a cutter bit was utilized to freehand the slots. In addition to cutting the slots for the mounting screws, it was also necessary to relieve the forward end of the F-00045B brackets so they would clear the top of the F-00057 com support brackets. The right bracket was done first to see if it would work out …. as can be seen in the photo below it worked.
Now knowing that the modification of the brackets would work, the left bracket was slotted as well. A keen eye on the photo below will reveal the right bracket was slotted deeper than the left this is because the airspeed indicator is on the right side of the instrument panel section so it needed a little deeper slotting to achieve the desired clearance.
Both the right and left F-00045B ADS-B mounting brackets after slotting.
After the brackets were slotted, the rivet holes for the nutplates were countersunk and the nutplates riveted in pace. By lowering the brackets I did create a minor issue ... in that the two mounting screws for the left side of the ADS-B module will need to be shortened a little because there is only about 1/8" of clearance between the nutplate and the frame for the Garmin GTR 200 radio.
