Gear leg fairings

[Ron B.]

Hello Guy's
We are just getting started on the wheel fairings today and I'm wandering how the hinge pins are installed and removed on the gear leg fairings. I usually do the research first but I'm getting too lazy for this one.
Thanks Ron

 

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They just slide out the bottom. You have to bend them a little and rotate the fairing.

 

[Ron B.]

Thanks, you must have to remove the wheel to accomplish this?
Ron

 

[orchidman]

Thanks, you must have to remove the wheel to accomplish this?
Ron

No, just the wheel pants.

 

[Ron B.]

Thanks Ron

 

[woodmanrog]

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.

 

[JackinMichigan]

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