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
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