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colyergreg(at)aol.com
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 Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:46 pm Post subject: nose gear problem |
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Hey guys..I have a couple minutes so I will give you a quik run down with full story tomorrow...
The four bolts/nuts that hold the nose gear door to the rod that connects to the nose wheel can come loose. Mine are flat head rounded tops that go through the door and through a rubber piece then with a thin metal plate held on by four 6 mm nuts. The metal plate bends up on the corners to hold the nuts. the problem is that this does not keep the screws from backing out as I found out. I had check it in preflight and all was well. in flight one nut came loose so when my front wheel tried to come down the bolt, which is about 2.5 inches long came out but not all the way so it prevented the door from opening all the way which inturn kept the nose wheel from locking down. will post complete story tomorrow with photos...
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colyergreg(at)aol.com
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| Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:10 pm Post subject: nose gear problem |
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Just got another break so here is a bit more of what happened...
Coming back into land. Gear down got green on the mains nothing on the nose. Tried a few more times cycling the gear while resetting the day switch, circut breaker etc. No luck. Tried pulling some G's (4) to swing the nose gear down with no luck. finally blew the gear down and still didn't have green light or proper stripes on the barber pole (missing one), flew by the airport had somebody on the ground give me a visual inspection who said gear didn't look down all the way. decided to hit the mains hard to see if it would knock the nose wheel into place, which it did. Upon exiting the a/c, I discovered the bolt sticking out of the door jammed against the bottom of the a/c which prevented the door from opening all the way and thus preventing the gear from locking down. I had checked the door before take off in the preflight and all was well. My fix was a lock washer, locking nut then a lso safty wired (just through the ends of each bolt to each other. Will post a photo tomorrow of it. Check your a/c and see if this is the way your nose gear door is. Like I said in previous post, the metal tabs bent against the nut don't keep the screw from undoing itself, just the nut!!! Greg
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