Additional Nose Gear Work

The fitting of the pin on the Nose Gear was finally completed.  A couple of the oil sintered brass bushings had to be reamed to allow the pin to fit correctly.  The nose gear firewall attachment segment in the builder's manual is a little out dated.  Looks like the factory has changed the design without updating the builders manual.  With the parts provided, we were able to figure out the new design.  Here's a picture of the finished installation.

Nose Gear Firewall Attach Block and Pin

The suspension pin F-3450 was attached to the top of the gear leg using an AN4-14 bolt and associated hardware.  We had added the rubber shock absorbers and washers to the suspension pin earlier and attached it to the nose wheel mounting frame, F-3400.

We started to attach the nose gear fork assembly (F-3570.4).  Again the two oil sintered brass bushings had to be reamed to allow the fork assembly to be installed.  We ran into a part issue. The F-3590.3 friction bushing supplied has a much smaller hole than required for installation. To make the part work, we would need to make the inner hole 1-1/4".  We decided to order a Thrust Bearing Washer from Amazon with the same thickness and inner diameter, but a slightly larger outer diameter.  Should be here in a few days.  Hours: 3.0