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philperry9
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 Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2017 9:23 am Post subject: Nose gear leg fairing - tip |
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I've got 7.5 hours on the plane and about 2 weeks ago I decided to take it down for a bit to put the pants and fairings on.
That nose leg fairing was a bear for me. The pin just didn't want to slide into the hinge halves. And when I did get it sliding, keeping the two halves nested wasn't easy..... especially the further down it went.
Then it dawned on me.... I could take another hinge pin and slide it up from the bottom as far as I could get it to align that bottom half. While at the same time inserting the pin front the top.
I couldn't push the alignment pin out with the top pin, but I could pull the alignment pin out and inch or two at a time and then chase it with the top pin.
It's still not super slick to slide in, but it sure did take away the frustration and that's 99% of the battle IMO.
Just sharing so others might use it later on to fit their fairings. Nose wheel pant has to be removed to do it.
Worked well.
Phil
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bdgillespie215(at)gmail.c
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| Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2017 9:49 am Post subject: Nose gear leg fairing - tip |
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I use Boelube (solid) on my pins for the same reason. One of my cowl pins is tight and the lube helps with the effort. Just another option to help.
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| Quote: | On Jun 24, 2017, at 1:23 PM, Phillip Perry <philperry9(at)gmail.com> wrote:
I've got 7.5 hours on the plane and about 2 weeks ago I decided to take it down for a bit to put the pants and fairings on.
That nose leg fairing was a bear for me. The pin just didn't want to slide into the hinge halves. And when I did get it sliding, keeping the two halves nested wasn't easy..... especially the further down it went.
Then it dawned on me.... I could take another hinge pin and slide it up from the bottom as far as I could get it to align that bottom half. While at the same time inserting the pin front the top.
I couldn't push the alignment pin out with the top pin, but I could pull the alignment pin out and inch or two at a time and then chase it with the top pin.
It's still not super slick to slide in, but it sure did take away the frustration and that's 99% of the battle IMO.
Just sharing so others might use it later on to fit their fairings. Nose wheel pant has to be removed to do it.
Worked well.
Phil
Sent from my iPhone
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