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frans(at)privatepilots.nl
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 12:12 pm Post subject: Jacking up a tri gear

Just another question:

(Yep, the end of the winter is near, I'm thinking again about flying).



For my annual I need to take the main wheels of the ground, one at a time.

What is the best way of doing so? I have the leg fairings installed, so

I can't use the legs. The area where the leg protrudes from the fuselage

is curved, so I can't use a piece of wood either. Before I reinvent the

wheel I would like to hear what others have thought out.



(In case you are wondering how I built this flying machine: I had a full

length craddle, and lifted the entire airplane once the gear was ready

with a hoist. Neither the hoist nor the craddle are available anymore).



Thanks,

Frans

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jeff(at)rmmm.net
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 12:27 pm Post subject: Jacking up a tri gear

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 For my annual I need to take the main wheels of the ground, one at a time.

 What is the best way of doing so? I have the leg fairings installed, so

 I can't use the legs. The area where the leg protrudes from the fuselage

 is curved, so I can't use a piece of wood either.


	


Frans,

This is where I go to place a soft piece of foam then the wood and jack. Works every time.

Jeff R.  N128LJ Gold Rush

 	  Quote: 	
		   Before I reinvent the

 wheel I would like to hear what others have thought out.

 

 (In case you are wondering how I built this flying machine: I had a full

 length craddle, and lifted the entire airplane once the gear was ready

 with a hoist. Neither the hoist nor the craddle are available anymore).

 

 Thanks,

 Frans

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neveyre(at)aol.co.uk
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 12:50 pm Post subject: Jacking up a tri gear

Hi Franz,

   You need a steel tube / bar that is a slip fit into the axle that is about 20'' long, a block of wood and a jack.

   Remove the split pin and slacken the nut.

   Slide the tube into the axle, put a jack under the end of the tube and lift the wheel clear of the ground.

   Run the nut off onto the tube, followed by the wheel and bearings.

   Put the block of wood under the axle and lower the jack. Bingo !

   Refitting is the reverse, slide the tube through the bearings and wheel, along with the nut, slide the assembly into the axle, pick up with the jack, remove the wood block and slide the bearings / wheel onto the axle, run the nut up until it nips.

   Drop the jack, fit new splitpin.

   Cheers,

   Nev 

   

 

  

   

 

 

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