MAIN U/C LEG QUERY.

[G-NIPR]

Hello All,
Whilst fettling with G-NIPR today I noticed that there seemed to be a little play on the main gear leg. Slightly worse on the right than the left.
Examining the leg the 'problem' seems to be with the rear strut, on the joint where it is attached to the fuselage lugs.
The bolt and nut assembly passes through the lugs and through the rear leg strut tube and thats it. There seems to be a little space where perhaps a spacer should be, between the leg tube and the lugs leading to a knocking when checking for play.
I hope these words are clear enough for someone to answer! Should there be anything else such as a spacer to resolve this....?
I will take a picture if it isn't clear enough from the words.

Thanks in advance,

Paul.
G-NIPR.

[Neil Spooner]

Hi Paul,

If it is "end float" so that the u/c leg will slide up and down the bolt slightly and there is a slight gap then a shim (washer in laymans terms) could be used to take that out. It is not a big problem. You say it is the rear leg, so the load off of the u/c rubbers is not so much of a problem, but it would make sense to tressle the aircraft just in case, ie take the load off the gear.

Neil

[Pat Blenkinsopp]

Paul,

I had this problem with one side of my uc . As Neil said just shimm it out and that will cure the problem.

Hope this helps.

Regards
Pat