REFLECTOR:To Gas Strut or Not

Jim Agnew reflector@tvbf.org
Sun, 4 Jan 2004 12:17:28 -0800 (PST)


And make darn sure that the gear was heat treated, mine
(FG) wasn't and it broke at the same point. The new one
didn't have the gussets and their addition is probably an
admission of the weakness at that point.

Jim
 
--- MMurp16900@aol.com wrote:
> Hi Scott
>  Last year we had a nose gear that failed at the pivot
> bushing. I thought 
> everyone knows about the factory new reinforcement gusset
> and improved welding.
>    If you get a new fork be careful with the Goodyear
> tire is wider than the 
> Condor and will rub on the inside of the fork.
> Mack and Steve Murphree X.L.R/G
> 


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James F. Agnew
Jim_Agnew_2@Yahoo.Com
Tampa, FL
Velocity 173 Elite Aircraft Completed & Flying