Title: Nose Gear refinement
The project as received had some rough spots, and one was the nose gear. Here are the things I found and fixed: - The EZ Lift attaches to the nose gear strut with a metal clamp. It was held in place by an AN3 bolt with no nut. Replaced with the correct AN4. Where the installation instructions use a lock nut, I see this as rotating through 15 degrees or so, so I went with a drilled nut, castle nut and cotter pin. - For the past decade or so the user group has called for a bolt securing the metal clamp to the gear leg. The bolt is to be transverse through the no stress center of the gear leg. (The front of the gear leg is in tension, the rear in compression, the center is neutral.) I installed an AN4. Even as this bolt does not move, for consistency I went with drilled bolt, castle nut and cotter pin. - One gear door was torn out. I prepared flox beds for small screws and installed the missing door. - I found and fitted a door spring that holds the door open through taxi and take off, then has the retracted gear pull the door closed. This is a fairly standard design for EAB aircraft with retractable gear. - I cleaned up the gear door edges so that the doors open and close smoothly. This amounted to some light filing work.


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