> > >I have started and stopped the completion of my main wheel pant >installation mostly because I do not know if I should or should not >constuct a backing plate assembly on the gear leg side of the installation. > Jeff York +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
It's not necessary to have a "backing plate" as elaborate as the Cessna type. A reinforced mounting hole that slips over the axle on the outside and a rectangular plate of some type, say a 2" by whatever length works with a couple bends to attach the inside. You can bolt the plates, one going forward and one to the rear, to the axle mounting bolts. Shape the straps in whatever way necessary to give you a small flat plate area on the other end to run an attach screw through to a blind nut on the inside of the plate. We're talking something like a "Z" shape here. Be creative and make it work for you size pants. Light metal will work, certainly no thicker than 1/8" aluminum. That should be good to 200mph. :-) Larry Flesner
