Brief Description: Drilled and tapped landing gear strut
The landing gear strut is built similar to an automobile shock absorber. The strut tubing has to be drilled and tapped to accept a fill plug. The plug protrudes into the shock tubing so I will need to grind down the nose of the plug so that it doesn't interfere with the components inside the strut. A word of warning to anyone doing this. Be careful not to run the tap down too far into the strut. The threads are tapered so the plug is supposed to bottom out on the threads. You use a thread sealant to seal the threads and prevent it from leaking. On of my plugs runs down quite far before bottoming out on the threads. I have since bought a plug with a hex head and it seems to be a slightly tighter fit. It remains to be seen if I will get some fluid seepage from that side. When I get the gear on and have the wheels on I'll fill the strut up with automatic transmission fluid and do a bounce test on the landing gear to test the seal.
