Title: Landing Gear Mounts
Worked through DWG 34A to verify the loosely installed bolts and nuts were in the correct position. Verified the washer between the mount and the center section was installed on both landing gear mounts. Looked up articles and specs on the min and max threads showing on Kitplanes and vansairforce and changed the washers for some of the positions. Looked up my original kit drawing to see the notes showing which bolts had been replaced with a different size. They are all ready to be torqued to the final value. After looking at and trying different tools, I had decided to use my SnapOn thin wrench and a luggage scale. I decided to run tests on 10-32 bolts/nuts and 1/4-28 bolts/nuts using a beam type wrench to compare running torque and final torque and the maximum value. At first everything looked great with the running torque using each method matching nicely. It was more difficult to compare final torque since I was dealing with running torque and static torque differences. My luggage scale mostly seemed to work, but sometimes seemed to show max torque instead of returning to 0. I still think I could use this method, but would prefer something better. I looked one more time and found and ordered set of 2" torque adapters from 3/8" to 3/4" in 1/16ths. I'll try using them and hope they will work better.


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