May 26, 2007 - Wheels & Brakes |
||||||
| I spent the entire day working on the RV. Continuing with the landing gear, wheels and brakes, I opened up the two holes on the Brake Mounting Flange to 5/16", using my reamer. | ||||||
 |
||||||
|
Then I fashioned six spacers, using the band saw. I made the
spacers slightly longer than called for in the drawings:
|
||||||
 |
||||||
| I had no trouble sliding the mounting flange over the axle. But I did have to scrap off a little of the epoxy coating where it met the axle, so that I could get the Allen head screw through the mounting flange and axle. Those two Allen head screws were unusual; I had long wondered what they would be used for. Before bolting the mounting flange to the axle, I "flattened" the side on four 516 washers per the drawings. | ||||||
 |
||||||
|
This was so the washers wouldn't interfere with the brake mounting
plate, shown below. The brake mounting plate gets bolted to the
mounting flange.
|
||||||
 |
||||||
| I put everything together: the brake mounting plate, the spacers, and the Wheel fairing mount. Then I slid the wheel on. | ||||||
 |
||||||
| I even put the brake show and caliper on. | ||||||
 |
||||||
| I screwed the wheel nut on and right away realized something was wrong. The Wheel wobbled badly, even with the wheel nut as tight as I could get it. I had worked all day and was tired of working on the plane so I decided to call it a day. I'll do some research and think about what to do with the wheel.. | ||||||
 |
||||||