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Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 8:25 am Post subject: Matco WHLAXLE24 retrofit kit for RV nose wheel?

I just asked Ken at Van's about installing the nose wheel on my 6A.Â  He said to look at the Matco website because they had instructions for torquing the thing down.Â  I called Matco because I could not find the instructions.Â  They told me about this new WHLAXLE24 kit which seems to solve the problem of torquing these things.Â  It allows you to torque the bearings independently of installing the wheel in the fork.Â  

 

This is all news to me.Â  Has any one used this kit?Â  They claim that aircraft spruce is just beginning to sell them.Â  It's about $50.

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Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 8:51 am Post subject: Matco WHLAXLE24 retrofit kit for RV nose wheel?

The axel is very good and solves a weak link in the landing gear. Not only provides the best way to control proper bearing torque, but also gives a much stronger axel to reduce flexing that can cause adverse drag on the rotation of the wheel. Matco was also selling the best nose tire I have found. Much better than the regular lamb tire. 

Dale 

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Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 9:01 am Post subject: Matco WHLAXLE24 retrofit kit for RV nose wheel?

I installed one. Works great. Much better way to preload the wheel bearings. 



On May 6, 2010, at 12:18 PM, thomas sargent <sarg314(at)gmail.com (sarg314(at)gmail.com)> wrote:



[quote]I just asked Ken at Van's about installing the nose wheel on my 6A.  He said to look at the Matco website because they had instructions for torquing the thing down.  I called Matco because I could not find the instructions.  They told me about this new WHLAXLE24 kit which seems to solve the problem of torquing these things.  It allows you to torque the bearings independently of installing the wheel in the fork.  

 

This is all news to me.  Has any one used this kit?  They claim that aircraft spruce is just beginning to sell them.  It's about $50.

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Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 10:05 am Post subject: Matco WHLAXLE24 retrofit kit for RV nose wheel?

I believe I'd like to do this mod also, since I am looking at replacing broken nose wheel attach brackets for the second time and have had one prior failure of the unsealed wheel bearings that came with my vintage '94 nose wheel.  I remember how tricky it was to set the pre-load each time the nose wheel was dismounted for bearing replacement, flat tire repair, and wheel pant rough-airstrip damage. 



Am I correct that I will need to buy a new wheel in order to utilize the neoprene sealed bearing design?  Might as well replace the lamb tire while I am at it.

Anyone make the nose wheel pant attach brackets in stainless steel?  The aluminum ones eventually fatigue and part, in my repeated experience.

 



-Bill B   RV-6A



On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Craig Gallenbach <craigtxtx(at)yahoo.com (craigtxtx(at)yahoo.com)> wrote:

[quote] I installed one. Works great. Much better way to preload the wheel bearings. 



On May 6, 2010, at 12:18 PM, thomas sargent <sarg314(at)gmail.com (sarg314(at)gmail.com)> wrote:

 



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		  I just asked Ken at Van's about installing the nose wheel on my 6A.  He said to look at the Matco website because they had instructions for torquing the thing down.  I called Matco because I could not find the instructions.  They told me about this new WHLAXLE24 kit which seems to solve the problem of torquing these things.  It allows you to torque the bearings independently of installing the wheel in the fork.  

  

This is all news to me.  Has any one used this kit?  They claim that aircraft spruce is just beginning to sell them.  It's about $50.

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Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 10:22 am Post subject: Matco WHLAXLE24 retrofit kit for RV nose wheel?

I believe you are correct.



I discovered this using the Irish method.  I ordered the axle only to find it won't fit the old RV-6A Cleveland set up.  Hence my belief that you will need a Matco wheel, and bearings to go with the new axle.  Let us know about the tire>

DW 

On May 6, 2010, at 12:03 , Bill Boyd wrote:

[quote]I believe I'd like to do this mod also, since I am looking at replacing broken nose wheel attach brackets for the second time and have had one prior failure of the unsealed wheel bearings that came with my vintage '94 nose wheel.  I remember how tricky it was to set the pre-load each time the nose wheel was dismounted for bearing replacement, flat tire repair, and wheel pant rough-airstrip damage. 



Am I correct that I will need to buy a new wheel in order to utilize the neoprene sealed bearing design?  Might as well replace the lamb tire while I am at it.

Anyone make the nose wheel pant attach brackets in stainless steel?  The aluminum ones eventually fatigue and part, in my repeated experience.

 



-Bill B   RV-6A



On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Craig Gallenbach <craigtxtx(at)yahoo.com (craigtxtx(at)yahoo.com)> wrote:

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		   I installed one. Works great. Much better way to preload the wheel bearings. 



On May 6, 2010, at 12:18 PM, thomas sargent <sarg314(at)gmail.com (sarg314(at)gmail.com)> wrote:

 



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		  I just asked Ken at Van's about installing the nose wheel on my 6A.  He said to look at the Matco website because they had instructions for torquing the thing down.  I called Matco because I could not find the instructions.  They told me about this new WHLAXLE24 kit which seems to solve the problem of torquing these things.  It allows you to torque the bearings independently of installing the wheel in the fork.  

 

This is all news to me.  Has any one used this kit?  They claim that aircraft spruce is just beginning to sell them.  It's about $50.

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Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 10:24 am Post subject: Matco WHLAXLE24 retrofit kit for RV nose wheel?

Bill:

My wheel is from 1999 and they told me I can still use it.Â  It's an NW501.25 wheel, I think.

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		   Am I correct that I will need to buy a new wheel in order to utilize the neoprene sealed bearing design? Â Might as well replace the lamb tire while I am at it.



-Bill B Â  RV-6A



 On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Craig Gallenbach <craigtxtx(at)yahoo.com (craigtxtx(at)yahoo.com)> wrote:



 	  Quote: 	
		    I installed one. Works great. Much better way to preload the wheel bearings.Â 



On May 6, 2010, at 12:18 PM, thomas sargent <sarg314(at)gmail.com (sarg314(at)gmail.com)> wrote:

  



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This is all news to me.Â  Has any one used this kit?Â  They claim that aircraft spruce is just beginning to sell them.Â  It's about $50.

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Tom Sargent

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Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 10:51 am Post subject: Matco WHLAXLE24 retrofit kit for RV nose wheel?

Simple enough - I'll just pull the wheel pant and see if it says Cleveland or MATCO, right?



While I'm at it, might as well tool-up to do the "nose gear anti-dig-in/flip-over" mod and the "taper pin in the hogged-out engine mount socket hole" mod, too.  My, but I dislike down-time, even scheduled down-time  

 



Is it just me, or did Van under-engineer the 6A nose wheel compared to the rest of the design?

-Bill B



On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 2:24 PM, thomas sargent <sarg314(at)gmail.com (sarg314(at)gmail.com)> wrote:

 [quote]Bill:

My wheel is from 1999 and they told me I can still use it.  It's an NW501.25 wheel, I think.



 

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		   Am I correct that I will need to buy a new wheel in order to utilize the neoprene sealed bearing design?  Might as well replace the lamb tire while I am at it.





-Bill B   RV-6A



  On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Craig Gallenbach <craigtxtx(at)yahoo.com (craigtxtx(at)yahoo.com)> wrote:

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		     I installed one. Works great. Much better way to preload the wheel bearings. 



On May 6, 2010, at 12:18 PM, thomas sargent <sarg314(at)gmail.com (sarg314(at)gmail.com)> wrote:

   





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This is all news to me.  Has any one used this kit?  They claim that aircraft spruce is just beginning to sell them.  It's about $50. 

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