Match drilling new tail wheel yoke to spring

[Christer]

Hello,

I am looking for suggestions on match drilling a new tail wheel yoke to my current tail wheel spring. I purchased an undrilled JD Air Parts yoke and due to the fact that my tail wheel spring was not drilled correct from Van's, I have to try and match drill the two holes. The two bolt holes are not centered on the spring but about 1/4 hole low. I am afraid this will just pull the drill bit and cause a miss-alignment of the holes.

Any suggestions for a drill block of some type or a procedure that will insure that my holes match?

Thanks,

[airtractor8]

Years ago Dan posted a pic of a jig and procedure for doing this . Here it is but photobucket no longer works unfortunately http://www.vansairforce.com/communit...40&postcount=1 I'm sure he will be along shortly to help you out

[DanH]

Photos re-posted.

[riseric]

DanH's jig looks great!!!


I used this from Aircraft Spruce for drilling my tail wheel spring.


https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catal.../drillrite.php


Also useful on other pipes and tubes.

[vfrazier]

Blake has maintenance tips, part numbers, "how-to" and all sorts of information for just about any RV type tailwheel problem you can imagine. A PDF free download too!

Maintenance documents

And if that doesn't work, just drop us a line.