KR> Landing Gear Shims - Where to have made

Somebody asked about having shims made. One way to do it if it's not too bad it to cut them out of aluminum, which only requires a drill bit and a cheap tin snip from Harbor Freight. I made these for N56ML, "temporarily", and like a lot of things, they ended up doing 2825 landings. So they d

KR> Landing Gear Shims - Where to have made

Of Jeff Scott via KRnet Sent: Tuesday, 24 March 2015 9:03 AM To: smwood at md.metrocast.net; krnet at list.krnet.org Subject: Re: KR> Landing Gear Shims - Where to have made You guys are supposed to be airplane builders with skills snip - No virus found in this message. Checked by

KR> Landing Gear Shims - Where to have made

You guys are supposed to be airplane builders with skills to build composite parts. Fabricate a small box with the appropriate slant to it for the shims you need, then lay up a shim with the dimensions you need. If it's not quite right, you can grind, file or cut to suit yourself. Do a test fi

KR> Landing Gear Shims - Where to have made

Dave, Sounds like you have already drilled the holes for the lower ends of the gear legs. If not, clamp in place and drill the holes for the legs and brackets; no shims needed. If so, try Aircraft Spruce http://www.aircraftspruce.com/categories/aircraft_parts/ap/menus/lg/axlesandaxlenuts_shims

KR> Landing Gear Shims - Where to have made

I actually had an idea along these lines, as a solution to this problem... If I were to stack enough washers under the axle-attach bracket to bring the gear into alignment, coat the attach-bolts & bracket with grease as a release-agent, and seal the bottom 3 sides with tape I could then pour

KR> Landing Gear Shims - Where to have made

I bought the legs pre-drilled from another KRlister & at least so far, other than the 7-degrees-each-side toe-out/8-degrees-camber-out alignment, they don't seem to be causing trouble with balance on my particular plane... In it's nose-lightest configuration (eg, fuel tank empty), I can get in and

KR> Landing Gear Shims - Where to have made

You may also check with aircraft salvage yards for shims. I've seen lots of them in years past on factory built airplanes. Mostly on tail drag airplanes. I've seen tiny and large and also large plus tiny on same axle to get the proper alignment. Larry H Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 22, 2015, a

KR> Landing Gear Shims - Where to have made

>.. > >The only source of pre-made shims I know of (Grove) sells them for 25/ea, >but only in increments up to 3/4-degree (Toe) and 2 degree (Camber). ++ Check with a local Ford dealer. Ford used shims at one time to align front ends on fo

KR> Landing Gear Shims - Where to have made

I got mine made at a machine shop, not cheap but perfect. See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics 2015 KR Gathering - McMinnville, OR. September 3 - 6 -- See U There. Peoples Choice at 2013 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il - MVN Best KR at 20

KR> Landing Gear Shims - Where to have made

Due to my use of 'conventional Diehl gear-legs, reversed' to make a tri-gear config, I need 7.5 degrees camber & 7 degrees toe in order to track straight The only source of pre-made shims I know of (Grove) sells them for 25/ea, but only in increments up to 3/4-degree (Toe) and 2 degree (Camber