I installed the main wheels as my first project today. I first installed screws that hole the U803 brake support with shorter bolts. I do not plan to fly at first with the wheel pants; there are 3 longer bolts that hold the inboard pant bracket to the leg. It then installed both main tires. Since I don’t know if I will have to take the tires off I have not installed the cotter pin, I have it inserted to help stop movement of the nut, I have made a note to complete this before flight.
After a workout I came back and started the nose gear stuff. After lowering the fuselage to move the hoist I installed the nose gear leg, without the nose gear leg things are tail heavy so the thing sat on the saw horse and the mains while I move the hoist. I used a close tolerance bolt for this leg like I did for the main gear legs.
I wanted to fit the nose wheel on the fork on the bench so after installing the keeper pins to the fork I slid the nose wheel on. Like the mains there should be no side play and the wheel should spin with a slight amount of drag, “slight drag” that is a technical term with no definition that I can find. My wheel spins a few revolutions with a push from the hand. I will tackle installing the fork on the leg tomorrow.
Standing on two, one to go
This show how the pins fit the Grove axle assembly. Bearing ride on the step of the outer hubs
