REFLECTOR: Front fixed gear question

Grover McNair grover at mcnairperformance.com
Tue May 22 09:15:52 CDT 2012


I made two spacers to take up the space on my 173FG.

Grover McNair

 

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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Chris Barber
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 10:00 AM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: REFLECTOR: Front fixed gear question

 

My hangar mate noticed a concern regarding my front gear on my fixed gear
SE.  Since I am doing some cooling mods before continuing high speed taxi,
it gave him the opportunity to mention it to me before I careen off the
runway....

 

Anyway, I have had the front gear installed for years.  I included the two
spacer that go on each side of the axel that help hold in the bearings
inside the rim.  What was noted was that there is about a quarter inch space
on the axel that allows the bearing to move out of the wheel even with the
spacers in place.  It still rolls ok but it does allow the wheel to shift a
bit back and forth on the axel as it moves.  I hope I am explaining this ok.

 

Is this ok, or should I install a couple of shims/washers to keep the wheel
from shifting back and forth?

 

Thanks.

 

Chris

 

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