REFLECTOR: New Nose Gear (FG)

[Velocity]

Hi Kurt,
 
Remove the captivator plate, leave in the upper nose gear bolt, raise the
nose wheel, push the nose gear aft as far as it will go, and squeeze in as
many shims as you can between the canard bulkhead and the rubber shock. Put
the nose gear down, turn the nose fork 180 degrees, and jack up the wings
(under the wing spars) about 6 inches off the floor. This puts a great deal
of pressure on the new rubber nose bumper. Do this, then install the
captivator plate.
 
Regards,
 
Kevin

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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of nmflyer1 at aol.com
Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 12:35 PM
To: reflector at tvbf.org
Subject: REFLECTOR: New Nose Gear (RG




Well, I got the new nose gear installed with the upgraded bumper. I weighed
down the nose with 120 lbs, then used my ratchet tie down and scrunched it
down even further. Put in the captivator plate.. no problem. 
 
Once I let the weight off, the captivator plate doesn't even touch the nose
gear. It is not tight at all. Great. Something else I have to re-design. 
 
Back to work (real work) to rest & ponder. 
 
 Kurt 
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