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Kupe's Zodiac 650B
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Date:  5-25-2014
Number of Hours:  2.00
Manual Reference:  6-G-2
Brief Description:  Nose Gear Compete (Mostly)

Performed final assembly of the nose gear and installed it to the firewall by:

- connecting the fork and doubler with 4 x AN3 bolts;
- attaching the fork and doubler to the nose strut via 6 x AN4 bolts;
- Adding 2 x cotter pins to the "pin," a 1/2" steel pipe that maintains pressure on the shock cord;
- attaching the lower bearing support to the fuselage floor with 7 AN3 bolts;
- positioning the shock cord around the steel "pin";
- Sliding the assembled nose gear up through the shock cord loop, catching the rear half of the shock cord onto the aft bungee retainer;
- inserting the top end of the gear strut through the upper bearing;
- assembling both halves of the bottom bearing around the strut and attaching them to the lower bearing mount with 4 x AN4 bolts; and
- Compressing the bottom bearing halves together using 2 x AN3 bolts.

I still need to figure out a way to stretch the shock cord over the forward bungee retainer and I need to safety wire the 4 bolts holding the bottom bearing to the lower mount. But the nose wheel is on!
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Completed nose gear - except for the shock cord which I'l need to stretch onto it's pin.

Completed nose gear - except for the shock cord which I'l need to stretch onto it's pin.

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Full airplane from the front to see the nose gear assembly in perspective.

Full airplane from the front to see the nose gear assembly in perspective.

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