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Gear leg fairings
- Thread starter Ron B.
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They just slide out the bottom. You have to bend them a little and rotate the fairing.
No, just the wheel pants.
another method
Here's another way to close your fairings without the hinge pin. Build a dam of flox or microballoon material along the rearward edge, then simply seal them together with 1/2 inch 3M VHB tape. to open, run a razor blade bewteen the edges and remove. Clean off residue and retape when putting the fairing back on.
Here's another way to close your fairings without the hinge pin. Build a dam of flox or microballoon material along the rearward edge, then simply seal them together with 1/2 inch 3M VHB tape. to open, run a razor blade bewteen the edges and remove. Clean off residue and retape when putting the fairing back on.
JackinMichigan
Well Known Member
The Fairing Hinge
Just gathering up the parts to install the leg fairings.
They call out the hinge as part #U-1017B.. in normal Van's instructions, they take a piece of general hardware (i.e. a hinge) and you make it to shape and give it a part number.
I have 2 different size hinges left over.. but in the instructions, I cannot find where they say..."go and get a hinge number XXX and cut it to length and call it U-1017B?"
Jack in Michigan
Just gathering up the parts to install the leg fairings.
They call out the hinge as part #U-1017B.. in normal Van's instructions, they take a piece of general hardware (i.e. a hinge) and you make it to shape and give it a part number.
I have 2 different size hinges left over.. but in the instructions, I cannot find where they say..."go and get a hinge number XXX and cut it to length and call it U-1017B?"
Jack in Michigan
