Jeff: Before aligning, I'm sure you'll want to check tightness of the joints. My Alon uses the trailing-link gear and one of the bushings is worn enough to replace at the next annual. To check the gear you have to get it off the ground. What I did was to purchase a hardware store 3/4" steel bar and machine about .020" off it so it would fit inside the bushing; I then used an auto scissors jack to get the gear off the ground. You have to do this to check the springs (or donuts) and to refill the shock absorbers during their regular service.
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At 07:40 AM 9/20/98 -0600, Jeff Phelps wrote:
>Does any body know how to check the alignment of the main gear wheels? To
>check the alignment of the nose wheel we centered the yoke and alierons
and
>eye balled the nose wheel and turned the control arm accordingly till it
>looked centered. Is this the correct way to do this for the nose wheel?
We
>do have the improved steering control arm.
>
>If the one of the main gear is out of alignment, how do you align it back
to
>spec?
>
>Jeff Phelps
>N2749H
>
>Sidney, NE
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