Hi gang: I have the grove gear and as I pull the plane forward on my hanger
floor the gear spreads out and the tires start running on the inside edges.
When I back up the gear straightins up and the tires are running as they
should. I know that this means that the wheels are castered outward.
Jim Raleigh wrote:
>When I back up the gear straightins up and the tires are running as they
>should. I know that this means that the wheels are castered outward. I tried
>putting some shims in the back but it seems to only bend the thru bolts. You
>guys with the grove gear got some ideas.
At 05:54 PM 10/11/2006, you wrote:
>Even with all this, I had to add .015" shims at the rear of the axle
>brackets. This has resulted in a 2" toe-in over a distance of 12 feet.
>I'm hoping I can live with this but am prepared to adjust the shims if I
>get any handling anomalies or weird tire wear.
I am with Larry in that I would think as straight as possible would be
fantastic. Years ago I had an old Cessna 120, I believe the repair manual said
to set the axles such that you had 1 or 2 degrees toe in.
Maybe this is in case you are a really good pilot--- : )when landing with a
slight
2" toe in is a lot. You will find that close to 0 is
very good.
--- Bernard McLean Sr
wrote:
>
> Jim Raleigh wrote:
>
> >When I back up the gear straightins up and the
> tires are running as they should. I know that this
> means that the wheels are castered outward. I tried
> putting some sh
As our gear is very flexible the wheel alignment changes severely with the
following:
- Load the gear spreads giving positive camber.
- As the load comes off during lift off we get negative camber.
- Braking twists the gear leg giving toe out, as the axle is on the outside
of the leg the braking fo
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