Hi Jim,
Thanks as always for your response. I would like to see your photos yes.
I'm particularly interested in your method of lifting (and keeping) the
aircraft up such that you can work on the gear.
Where did you get the (seems like black is the standard now) block?
Someone claimed Europa wanted UKL70 for it - which I find hard to
believe! I assume you no longer have to cut a couple of V's in it to
make it less bouncy?
Regards,
Martin
On 4/15/2011 6:44 AM, Jim Brown wrote:
> Martin, I just completed replacement of the rubber block,
> (black), bungee cord, and all of the bronze bushing in my plane..I
> used 3/8 inch bungee cord from aircraft spruce. I purchased 30 feet of
> cord. and used about 25 feet. You will need the extra length to have
> something to hold onto while you are wraping the cord around the frame.
> You can tell if the bungee cord needs replacing by how hard it is to
> retract the gear... My original bungee cord had 7 wrap's around the
> frame.and so I replace with same number. My gear had reached the point
> that it took a hard push to get gear retracted.. I have 850. hours on
> the original setup.and 10 years time in service.. I also replaced all
> of the bronze bushings while I had the gear laying on the hanger floor.
> The rebuild made a big difference in the gear retraction cycle,
> airframe set up higher, much easier to retract the gear. You will
> probably need to extend the outriggers. Buy new nylon replacement at
> Aircraft Spruce.. They have it in various diameters. You need the one
> and a quarter inch in diameter size..check yours to make
> certain...They sell it by the foot....
> I have pictures of the whole operation, if you need to see.....
> Jim Brown
>
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