I lay a 2x4 block over and under the gear leg and clamp it on with a pair of big C clamps. Then I use a floor jack to jack the plane by the C clamps on the gear leg. It never leaves so much as a mark on the gear legs.
As for torquing the axle nuts, I turn them down until the wheel bearings start to bind a bit, then back it off to the first hole for the cotter pin where the bearings are not binding. You don't want the bearings to be creating a lot of drag, but you also don't want them to be loose enough to rattle either. -Jeff Scott Arkansas Ozarks > Sent: Monday, October 19, 2020 at 11:48 AM > From: "Jeff York via KRnet" <krnet@list.krnet.org> > To: "John Bouyea" <j...@bouyea.net> > Cc: "Jeff York" <jeffyor...@gmail.com>, "KRnet" <krnet@list.krnet.org> > Subject: Re: KR> Main gear axle nut torque specs > > I have never came up with a good way to jack my plane up. I have a nice > floor jack but how have you or anyone here jacked up their KR2 in the main > gear.? > > Jeff York > > On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 12:43 PM John Bouyea <j...@bouyea.net> wrote: > > > We do it "snug enough so wheel slows and stops spinning after liftoff and > > then tighten to the next cotter pin hole." > > John Bouyea > > N133RM KR-2S - imported, fixed & flying > > www.bouyea.net/cur_proj/N133RM > > OR81/ Hillsboro, OR > > > > -----Original Message----- > > Subject: KR> Main gear axle nut torque specs > > > > Hey folks, I am replacing my main gear axle nuts with wheel pant axle nuts. > > Does anyone here know the torque specs on the main gear axle nuts ? > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. > Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org > _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
