Jun 05, 2023     Main Gear - (2 hours) Category: Landing Gear

Hoisted front of fuselage to take weight off gear legs. Removed both AN 5 bolts from main gear leg attachments. Straightened plastic rub strip (it was not aligned properly during initial installation- my error). Replaced all 4 AN5 boltsnuts with new and retorqued to build manual values. Applied torque seal to nuts. Retorqued both AN6 main bolts.

  Sep 10, 2022     On the gear - (2.5 hours)       Category: Landing Gear

Mounted both tires and wheels. First time fuselage has been on the gear.

  Sep 09, 2022     Gear leg install - (2.5 hours)       Category: Landing Gear

Installed both gear legs- not torqued yet. Will fit axles and brake assemblies tomorrow. Installed new rear cockpit grounding block at station 3.

  Aug 13, 2022     Tailwheel - (3 hours) Category: Landing Gear

Removed remainder of masking paper and tape from cockpit after painting baggage compartment. Installed tailwheel spring and tailwheel to fuselage.

  Jun 23, 2022     Wheels and Brakes - (2 hours)       Category: Landing Gear

Installed tube in second tire. Packed all wheel bearings with Mobil 28 aircraft grease. Assembled 2nd brake assembly. Torqued wheel and disc hardware.
Both wheels ready to assemble onto gear legs.

  Jun 22, 2022     Wheel, Brake and Tires - (3 hours)       Category: Landing Gear

Disassembled one brake assembly and inventoried parts. Reviewed Matco manual. Coated tube with small amount of baby powder ( a little goes a long way!).
Partially inflated tube and assembled wheel halves. Torqued wheel hardware to 100 in lbs. Inflated tube to about 11psi and noticed a leak (or what I thought was a leak) around the base of the valve stem when I deflected it to the side slightly. Didn't know if tube was leaking so I disassembled wheel and installed other tube. Tightened wheel nuts and inflated tube again. Same thing happened-- but it lessened and eventually stopped. I'm sure what happened was the air trapped inside the tire when the tube was inflated was escaping at the base of the valve stem- it's a tight seal around the bead of the tire.. I assembled the brake assembly and axle. Torqued wheel and disc hardware. Ready to assemble on gear leg. I brought first tube home to leak check in water and no leaks were noted.