REFLECTOR: Aircraft leveling

[Jim & Sharon Beck]

   After a  really hard landing with side drift the gear on my 173 RG showed cracking in the fiberglass & pain and also the gear doors broke loose, more like a semi controlled crash. After removing the gear and all paint and wraps to the core to check for damage, we determined they were not damaged so redid the lay-ups with carbon fiber and reinstalled.  bolts were not bent and go in and out easily and no other apparent damage.  The camber on the axels in the same as before in specs and the upper gear fits tight in the sockets just as it did before but now I have one wingtip about 2& 1/2 inches lower than the other and the spar is no longer level sitting on the ground.. 
  Does anyone have any Ideas as to what could have changed to cause this. I would guess the remedy would be to move the sockets but then this would change the camber and make it necessary to fix that also.  Im planning to flyit this way and see if the legs change shape a little after a few landings as everything else went right back in place.   
  Thanks.
  Jim
   
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