I would do as Larry H recommends. If you find that you have a significant angle under the head of the bolts or the nuts, you can buy self aligning washers, which is a dome shaped washer that fits into a dish shaped washer that will allow for an even load on the bolt head even if the holes are at a bit of an angle. You can see the same repair on the gear legs on the GlasAir there at LAM, as I did the same repair on it to fix the alignment several years ago.
-Jeff Scott > Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2019 at 2:45 PM > From: "larry howell via KRnet" <krnet@list.krnet.org> > To: KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> > Cc: "larry howell" <lah...@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: KR> 24 years ago > > Jeb, > > What the varieze and longeze guys do to set the axle where they want them is > mix up flox, which is resin and cotton fibers mixed together to fill between > the bottom of the landing gear and the inboard end of the wheel axle where it > bolts to the fiberglass landing gear. Rough sand the landing gear for > adhesion of course and the bottom line is you are making a resin/flox wedge. > Be sure to paint pure resin on the landing gear before adding the flox > mixture. Personally I would put the current bolts in loosely, set the angle I > wanted on the axle then fill behind it with the flox mixture and let it cure. > The flox mixture is considered structural in this case. > An alternative is find some Cessna pre-made wedges that are used on those > certified aircraft to set the axles at the correct angle. > I personally would not make changes at the spar mounting bracket. > > Larry H > > > On Sep 4, 2019, at 2:15 PM, jeb via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote: > > > > 24 years ago I was in Austin, Tx building my KR2S. I drove to Arkansas for > > a > > gathering and met Jeff Scott, which resulted in my move to Los Alamos. > > Anyway looong time ago, I don't recall exactly how I mounted my main gear > > legs > > and brackets. But now I notice that the tires are wearing badly on the > > outboard sides > > I always thought the weight of the KR would make the axles parallel to the > > ground, but > > nope, they're angled about 10-15 degrees - causing the wear. (?) > > > > what? do I have to shim the bottom of the leg under the bracket? > > > > Bye the way, I think I've got the thrust thing worked out, today, I did a > > high speed test, > > got it up to 55 mph and stopped it before last taxi way, less than half the > > runway more like 3/8. > > I think the issue was a plug wire not making good contact in the dist cap. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. > Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org > _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
