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I am retro fitting Grove airfoil gear on my -8. Have the right gear leg on as of this afternoon and it is a JOB, not fun... I have found that the upper part of the wheel pant bracket interferes with the radius on the gear leg as the gear leg transitions from vertical at the wheel area to the angle that goes up to the fuselage. The basic problem is the vertical part of the Grove gear at the wheels is shorter than the vertical part on the stock Van's gear. There are a couple of options to fix this: trim the bracket to fit the gear leg (trim until there's no interference), but that will weaken it. Or, bend the top half of the bracket inboard to clear the radius, but that might cause a poor wheel pant fit since the attach points of the bracket for the wheel pant will now be at a different angle than what there was before.

What have others done to overcome this problem? Thanks

Jim Shannon
RV-8 N184TJ
Charlottesville, VA 22903