Offset bushing and method of use

A method of attaching a structural member to a mating structure, comprising:

• providing an offset bushing having a tubular body including a cylindrical inner surface and a cylindrical outer surface, the cylindrical inner surface having an inner diameter defining an inner axis, the cylindrical outer surface having an outer diameter defining an outer axis, the inner axis being spaced apart from the outer axis to define a linear offset;
• installing the offset bushing in a member bore of the member having a member indexing feature, the member bore having a member bore axis;
• and
• angularly aligning the member indexing feature with a bushing indexing feature of the bushing causing the linear offset to be oriented substantially parallel to a loading axis of a load on the member.

A method of attaching a nacelle strut to a wing, comprising:

• providing a link for coupling a wing fitting of the wing to a strut fitting of the nacelle strut, the link having opposing link ends each having a link bore;
• providing a series of offset bushings each having a tubular body having a cylindrical inner surface and a cylindrical outer surface, the cylindrical inner surface having an inner diameter defining an inner axis, the cylindrical outer surface having an outer diameter defining an outer axis, the inner axis being spaced apart from the outer axis to define a linear offset, the series of offset bushings having different linear offsets between the inner axis and the outer axis of the respective inner diameter and the outer diameter;
• measuring a center-to-center distance between the wing fitting on the wing and the strut fitting on the nacelle strut;
• measuring a center-to-center distance between the link ends;
• selecting for installation into one of the link bores an offset bushing having a linear offset that results in a center-to-center distance between the link ends that most closely matches the center-to-center distance between the wing fitting and the strut fitting;
• installing the selected offset bushing into at least one link bore of the link;
• angularly aligning a member indexing feature on the link with a bushing indexing feature on the selected offset bushing causing the linear offset to be oriented substantially parallel to a loading axis of a load on the link;
• and
• installing the link to interconnect the wing fitting and the strut fitting.