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ricklach
Joined: 20 Jun 2006
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Location: Kernville, Calif.
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 Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 7:29 am Post subject: 701 nose gear |
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Dose anyone have a simple way to disassemble and replace the bungee on the 701 nose wheel. I’ve looked through the assembly manual and can’t find any information on assembly or disassembly of the bungee. Did I miss it or am I blind? Any experienced help in this area would be appreciated.
Rick
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billmileski
Joined: 07 Aug 2006
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Location: Ledyard, CT
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| Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 6:20 pm Post subject: Re: 701 nose gear |
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Rick,
Okay, I can't remember much about when I did it, but I'll try..
It turned out to be pretty easy.. Cowling off..
I tied the tail down to lift the nose wheel off of the ground..
Then I seem to remember just working the bungee off of the front peg by hand. With the bungee off of the forward-facing peg, the cotter pin and lower rod can be removed.
I think then I disassembled the lower bearing, (not sure if I removed the stop at the top of the nose gear strut), and pulled the strut forward away from the bearing enough to slip off the old bungee, and slip on the new bungee. The bungee has to go around the strut, past the lower bearing and over the rear peg of the nose gear strut. It's possible that I had to pull it out of the upper bearing (top cap removed) to be able to pull the strut forward, out of the lower bearing.
With the bungee hanging from the rear peg, and around the nose gear strut, put the lower rod into position. Then I just used a long screwdriver or similar to lever the bungee up and over the forward peg.
Didn't take too much longer to do than to write about it. I had been worried about needing a special tool, but turned out not to be a big deal.
That said, this is on a 2000 vintage kit that had the old peg positions and bungee length. If you have the newer version hopefully it won't be any worse.
Best of luck,
Bill Mileski
Ledyard, CT
701 912S 93hrs
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ricklach
Joined: 20 Jun 2006
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Location: Kernville, Calif.
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| Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 6:34 am Post subject: Re: 701 nose gear |
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Hi Bill,
Thank you for your discription and help. It sounds simple and I'll find out soon.
Rick
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