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| Subject: | Nose gear strut R&R |
--> TeamGrumman-List message posted by: TeamGrumman@aol.com
I'm in the process of removing the nose gear strut on the Tiger in my shop.
It's pretty badly usted in place. The breaker bar I had made (using
receiver hitch box tubing and 7 feet long. It weighs 35 lbs.) is working very well.
I have been able rotate the strut plus or minus about 45 degrees.
Unfortunately, I can't get it to move out any. It's tough to get leverage on
it to
remove it. I'll work on it some more tomorrow.
On the plus side, I got the plastic parts and the inspection covers back from
the painter. They'll be the best looking parts on the plane ... not
including the anodized and powder coated parts {smile}.
The sump cover and brake covers come predrilled. heads-up. The fuel drain
hole is not properly located. Also, in the Tiger I'm doing, the holes
predrilled to attach the sump cover to the wing root do not match up with the
existing holes in the wing root. Some are only 1/4 inch out, some are 1 inch
out.
A total of 3 line up perfectly. Of course, your plane could be a lot
different. ALSO, before I forget, the sump covers on both the Tiger and the
Traveler have had to be trimmed to fit in the same places. This tells me the
tooling is not right.
Today, I installed the foam gear leg fairings on two planes. It helps to
have a helper.
The second plane, a 74 Traveler, I think it's a 74, was also getting new
wheel pants, sump covers, brake fairing covers, etc. The parts were purchased
through Fletcher. The owner has had a really terrible time getting the right
hardware in the right quantities. In some cases, when he ordered two sets of
nut plates, bolts, rivets, etc, he'll either get one set or none at all. The
problem is simply that there are TOO MANY PARTS for each set of hardware and
only somone who has put all of these parts together really knows what is
needed and where it's needed. For example, the brackets on the gear leg which
come on a Traveler are different than those that come on a Tiger. When
ordering, the owner of the Traveler was told that the brackets were the same and
didn't need to be changed.
I'm trying to talk him into making a parts list of all the parts required,
including part numbers and current prices. I would also like to encourage
Fletcher to build (assemble) wheel pant kits so that potential buyers who want
to
add wheel pants to their plane can just order the kit. Could save a lot of
time and possibly some money. On-the-other-hand, maybe they don't get a order
per year for wheel pants installation hardware. Still, they need a readily
available parts list so buyers don't need to research the required parts.
If I can get a parts list together, I'll add it to my web site.
Gary
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