To set the toe for the main wheels: Before I removed the old gear legs, I measured the toe for the main wheels sitting on the pavement. That was 0 degrees with weight on wheels. Since the old gear legs were angled aft, I thought the toe would change with loading on the gear legs. With the plane on jack stands and the tail clamped to a saw horse, I measured again; still 0 degrees as close as I could measure with a tape measure and two pieces of angle steel clamped to each wheel rim very similar to Mark Langford's laser level set up. http://www.n56ml.com/kgear.html With the new gear legs bolted in place at the spar brackets, I clamped the wheel bracket to the bottom of the leg on each side and repeated the measurements with the angle steel clamped to the rims. Had to do much wiggling around with the wheel brackets to get the measurements the same for the front and back ends of the angle steel. When that got close, starting measuring from the front tips of the angle steel to the center line at the firewall to get tracking with the fuselage. In the automotive wheel alignment business I think that would be called "thrust line alignment". Mark's use of laser levels undoubtedly is more precise and faster. Go with what you know.
Sid Wood Tri-gear KR-2 N6242 Mechanicsville, MD, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ How did you align the wheels? Was there any sort of fixture you used? I am going through something similar.... On 10/29/2014 10:45 AM, Sid Wood via KRnet wrote: > This past weekend I set the 0-degree toe for my main wheels, clamping > firmly with 4 C-clamps on each wheel bracket. That exercise only took > 4 hours. Removed the gear legs and matched drilled through the > original wheel brackets as Larry had advised; used a drill press for > that operation. Yesterday I applied 2 BID fiberglass per the Diehl > instructions. (I suppose Dan Diehl may want to distance himself > somewhat from my latest gear leg creation.) Used several plastic soda > straws for conduits for the hydraulic brake lines. Today put on some > micro anticipating finishing and painting. > Got the back-ordered brake bleeder valves from ACS; will replace the > scuffed bleeders while waiting for the epoxy to cure. > Yes, the brake slave cylinders will bleed more easily if the bleeder > valve is at the low point, but being down low will subject them to > more runway pavement abuse. > > Sid Wood
