Drilled the Main gear axels for the cap nut's then fabricated the nut extensions for both gear for the wheel pant mounting. Mounted the Nose Gear leg assembly WD-1017, then attached the Nose gear fork assembly. The plans say to tighten the nut that attaches the nose fork until there's a 'breakout force" of 26 lbs. the problem is that it's a castle nut and in order to get the holes to align with the cotter pin holes you have to chose between 10-15 lbs and 60-70 llbs ( I went with the lighter, and hopefully will remember to check it again when the two cupped washers have a chance to wear somewhat and loosen.) There were some horror stories reported about difficulty in getting the Elastomer dounut compressed enough to get the Collar Assembly bolted in place. I used a tip from someone on the board about using some tie-down straps between the nose fork and the engine mount and ratcheting them down until the holes aligned, --- worked like a charm! Thanks for the tip!, The only thing left to do is to attach the brakes and brake lines tomorrow. PS. I was short two AN5 washers that I'll pick up tomorrow, and I also need to torque an AN7 bolt 450-500 " lbs (need to borrow a bigger torque wrench. Boy it's sure nice to be working on something other than Fiberglass!!!!!
Drilled Axel nuts to axel and mounted and drilled nut extensions
Nose gear attached to Engine mount and Nose fork and wheel assembly attached to gear leg
Elastomer Donuts compressed to install collar Assembly and bolt
