Brian, The Ercoupe service manual describes the rigging procedure for the flight controls.
I too had the nosewheel problem. When I bought my 415C I noticed the side play in the nosewheel bearing and I replaced it with a new one from univair. The bearing fit snugly on the axle, and snugly inside the 2 wheel halves. But when I lowered it down onto the nosewheel I had the exact same play. The problem here is that Erco did not used a tapered roller bearing, as other manufacturers do. The tapered bearing allows you to tighten up the nut against the bearings and remove all side play. Erco used a ball bearing, and the bearing allows some side play- you cant get away from it. As for the pulling and slop in your nose steering, you probably have wear in you scissor and steering collar connections, and in the scissor bolts where they attach to the nose gear. Mine had a little play in all places, and it added up to a lot of pull and shimmy. I tightened up the hardware as best I could (bearing in mind the worn-out scissor parts) and it did away with the shimmy and most of the pull. Are both of your main tires exactly the same pressure? If not that will cause a pull also. I always knew when one tire was getting low because it would drag to that side at low speed taxiing. When I aired up the tire the pull went away. hope this answers some of your question. Jan Zanutto Fresno, CA 415G On Sun, 23 Jul 2000 15:59:48 -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Hello all, > > My '46 415C's nose wheel leans slightly to the pilots side when > viewed from > the front. When I rock the wheel to check the bearing, it rattles a > good > bit. I replaced the bearing and it seems to have a good snug fit to > the > axle and the wheel, but as soon as the star washer and spanner nut > are put > back on, it is loose again. It is a single fork nose wheel. > > It shimmies at about 50 mph and the tire seems to be wearing fairly > quickly > on the left side. It also pulls to the right pretty strongly. > > Does anyone have any recommendations for a fix? The axle doesn't > seem to > have any wear on it like it has been slipping. > > Also, I read an email recently about correct rigging to make sure > all the > control surfaces are aligned properly. Where can I find the > procedure for > checking alignment? Is it just an eyeball thing, or is there a > document to > help me out? > > > Thanks, > > Brian Schober > N99238 > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at > http://www.hotmail.com > > > --------------------------------- > to unsubscribe send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ___________________________________________________________ > T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics --------------------------------- to unsubscribe send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
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