Tail Wheel Tilt

[crabandy]

Mine was leaning a bit, bolts and holes were wearing in the yoke2spring and spring to weldment. The taper pin threads on VAF fixed my problem.

https://vansairforce.net/community/s...d.php?t=138966

I made a cheap and easy jig to hold things in place while I hand reamed for the 3 taper pins.
I took a scrap piece of 3/4” 4’x4’ plywood and squared up some scrap 2x6’s the width of the tailwheel yoke and screwed them to the middle of the plywood. Plopped the plywood on the mostly level floor, removed the tailwheel and slid the yoke over the 2x6’s drilled an hole and installed the axle bolt . Also chocked the main gear. This squared the yoke and also kept things from wiggling, I removed 1 bolt at a time and reamed the holes.

[moespeeds]

Mine is the same. I just flipped the wheel Saturday.

One thing I did notice is that I had basically zero pre-load on the tailwheel bearing, so it spun very freely. On landing, the thing would always spin around like a bad shopping cart wheel until I got the tail solidly planted.

This time I put some drag on the bearing, similar to what I put on the mains, and now it tracks straight on landing, much better!

[RhinoDrvr]

Originally Posted by moespeeds

Mine is the same. I just flipped the wheel Saturday.

One thing I did notice is that I had basically zero pre-load on the tailwheel bearing, so it spun very freely. On landing, the thing would always spin around like a bad shopping cart wheel until I got the tail solidly planted.

This time I put some drag on the bearing, similar to what I put on the mains, and now it tracks straight on landing, much better!

Drag on the bearing…did you just tighten the bolt through the bearing tighter? My Tailwheel shopping carts on landing too…if this is a solution it would be quick and easy!

[moespeeds]

Originally Posted by RhinoDrvr

Drag on the bearing…did you just tighten the bolt through the bearing tighter? My Tailwheel shopping carts on landing too…if this is a solution it would be quick and easy!

Yup, just went one more flat on the nut and pinned it. Wheel will now spin by hand about 3/4-1 turn and stop. Before it would spin like 4 turns, and you could feel the bearing was loose. Made a difference on rollout for me.