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Ok, I get what you are saying, but this further adds to my question of why do I need this much travel? If the wheel works just fine in all aspects of flight and during ground handling (prop driven and tow bar driven) with the degrees of movement limited by the weldament installed backwards, why would anyone want it on correctly giving them the opportunity to lock the nose wheel and have to shut down in order to straighten the wheel?
Maybe this will all be a side note when I fly today, but just can't grasp why this much movement is needed.
If there was a bad, side to side shimmy, I see the nose gear:
1) with weldament on backwards, possibly causing damage like in the first post here, but limiting the amount of side to side movement.
2) with weldament install correctly, the side to side shimmy could be so violent that it rotates greater than 60 degrees and begins to produce forces on the gear leg. (and we all know how that works out)
Again, I am just trying to wrap my head around this. Not promoting anyone reverse the weldament or doubting the design, just looking for clarification.
Dan