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Plummit 06-03-2016 06:09 AM

Last night we reamed the holes out and it became clear why the landing gear was moving around. The holes in the gear tower were "wallered" out (technical aviation term). I probably could have gone to the second oversize on the right gear, but when we got done everything was tight.

Getting to the bolt holes involved some disassembly, but we were able to use a regular air drill on the reamer with bo-lube. We had to jack up each side to take the load off the gear as it moved around some, but in the end, we had to pound the bolts in so I know we made an improvement.

regards

-Marc

clutch22 06-03-2016 06:25 AM

Good to hear, Marc!

Strasnuts 06-08-2016 07:08 AM

I did this
 
Just read this thread and thought I would share.
When I mounted my gear I had one axle toed out and one in and wanted both slightly in. I set the toed out gear leg in the correct position and temporarily welded in in place. (just a small weld on the top of the weldment). I then drilled an oversized hole thought the gear leg. I then ground off the weld then reamed and put the oversized bolt in place. Now both my gear legs are symmetrical and toed in. I ran this across VANS before drilling.


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