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Step 15: Wheel & Landing Gear Installation:
Gather the main landing gear, wheels, wheel collars, stand-off bushings from the
wheel assembly package. You will need: 1) # 2 phillips head screwdriver,
Install Main Landing Gear:
From the landing gear assembly package, gather the main aluminum
landing gear (1), wheels (2), axles & locking nuts (2 ea), collars (2), bush-
ing (2), wheel pants (2), wheel pants screws (4).
Insert the axles into the main gear and secure with the locking nuts.
Slide metal collar onto the axles all the way to the stop and tighten
Slide the wheel onto the axle, next slide the collar onto the axle and
enough space to allow the wheel to turn freely. Tighten the collar-screw.
Slide the pants over the wheel. You may need to pull the wheel pant
side out just a bit to get it over the axle. Align the wheel pant with the screw
holes in the aluminum landing gear, insert the pant-screws through the
landing gear and into the wheel pant and tighten.
Lock-Tite (R) the wheel pants screws
.
Place a drop of Lock-Tite (R) in the screw threads and secure to the
wheel pants blind nuts.
Mount the landing gear to the fuselage using the 3 mm bolts pro-
vided. Use Lock-Tite (R) on the bolts.
Repeat for other wheel.
